An Unusual Etiology of Urinary Retention - Small Cell Prostate Carcinoma

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• 作者：Guanqun Li^a ; Chunqing Feng^b ; Chengmei Zhou^c ; Gennady Bratslavsky^a ; Timothy Byler^a ; ^{BylerT@Upstate.Edu" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author}
• 关键词：Neuroendocrine tumors ; Prostatic carcinoma ; Urinary retention
• 刊名：Urology Case Reports
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：July 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：7
• 期：Complete
• 页码：53-54
• 全文大小：1366 K

文摘

We report the case of a 63-year-old male who presented with painless gross hematuria and urinary retention. Pathology obtained from transurethral resection of the prostate revealed pure small cell carcinoma of the prostate. Metastatic evaluation confirmed stage IV disease with lymphatic and hepatic metastasis. Despite aggressive systemic chemotherapy, the patient succumbed to his disease eleven months after initial diagnosis. Small cell carcinoma is an aggressive variant of prostate cancer that often presents late in the clinical course. We review the literature and discuss the clinical features associated with this rare subset of prostate cancer.