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Prostate carcinoma presenting with diffuse osteolytic metastases and supraclavicular lymphadenopathy mimicking multiple myeloma

Prostate cancer typically presents with osteoblastic metastases; however, patients with prostate cancer may have osteolytic metastases, as seen in this case. Patients with osteolytic metastases require a thorough evaluation to rule out malignancies including multiple myeloma, but prostate cancer is...

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Autor principal: Idowu, Bukunmi Michael
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5799632/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29445457
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.1336
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Sumario:Prostate cancer typically presents with osteoblastic metastases; however, patients with prostate cancer may have osteolytic metastases, as seen in this case. Patients with osteolytic metastases require a thorough evaluation to rule out malignancies including multiple myeloma, but prostate cancer is a very important differential diagnosis.