Metastatic Castrate-Resistant Prostate Cancer: A Rare Cause of Bowel Obstruction

Prostate cancer most commonly metastasizes to bone, lymph nodes, lungs, or liver, but rarely spreads to the large intestine. This case highlights a rare case of castrate-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC) that spread locally to the large intestine and rectum, significant enough to cause bowel obstruct...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Ehsanullah, Syed, Rashid, Syeda Zarmeena, Ehsanullah, Saiyed Abdullah A
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2021
Materias:
Internal Medicine
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8783652/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35103204
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.20642
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Sumario:Prostate cancer most commonly metastasizes to bone, lymph nodes, lungs, or liver, but rarely spreads to the large intestine. This case highlights a rare case of castrate-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC) that spread locally to the large intestine and rectum, significant enough to cause bowel obstruction. Metastatic prostate carcinomas are considered an infrequent cause of bowel obstruction.

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