Cystic brain metastasis from prostate cancer: A case report and literature review.

Urol Case Rep

Department of Radiotherapy, Institut de Cancérologie Godinot, Reims, France.

Published: September 2020

Parenchymal brain metastases from prostate cancer are rare and mostly appear in the terminal phase of the disease. Here, we report a case of cystic cerebral metastases in patient with prostate adenocarcinoma. This patient presented with one large parietal polycystic tumor and three other suspicious-looking nodular lesions as shown on magnetic resonance imaging. This is the twelfth reported case of prostatic brain metastasis occurring as a cystic intraparenchymal tumor in the literature.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7201187PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eucr.2020.101219DOI Listing

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