We describe a patient with bone metastases occurring shortly after radical prostatectomy for organ-confined prostate cancer.
The medical history and immunohistochemical findings suggested prostate cancer recurrence to the skeleton. Undetectable serum prostate-specific antigen levels, however, raised doubts about this diagnosis. A whole body 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography-computed tomography scan was obtained and revealed a right-sided breast cancer as the primary site of metastatic spread.
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Froehner M, Abolmaali N, Wirth MP. Are you the author?
Department of Urology, University Hospital "Carl Gustav Carus," Dresden University of Technology, Dresden, Germany.
Reference: Urology. 2013 Feb;81(2):e17-8.
doi: 10.1016/j.urology.2012.10.036
PubMed Abstract
PMID: 23374851
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