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ArticleCureus2024

Metastatic Adenocarcinoma of the Prostate Masquerading as a Splenic Flexure Colonic Polyp: A Diagnostic Conundrum.

Zakaria W Shkoukani, Alaa Chamsin, Mohamed I Abdulmajed

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Article in Cureus, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Zakaria W ShkoukaniDepartment of Urology, St Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Liverpool, GBR.
Alaa ChamsinDepartment of Urology, St Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Liverpool, GBR.
Mohamed I AbdulmajedDepartment of Urology, St Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Liverpool, GBR.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Metastasis of prostate cancer to the gastrointestinal tract is infrequently described in the literature, with only a limited number of cases reporting metastasis to the rectum. We present a rare case of a 74-year-old man initially presenting with symptomatic anemia and weight loss. A colonoscopy revealed a sessile polyp in the splenic flexure. Microscopic examination of the specimen showed micro-acinar structures, and immunohistochemical staining was positive for prostate-specific antigen (PSA) and NKX3.1. Subsequently, elevated serum PSA levels and staging computed tomography (CT) findings, in conjunction with histopathological analysis, confirmed a diagnosis of metastatic prostate adenocarcinoma.

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colonic metastasiscolonoscopypolypprostate cancersplenic flexure

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PMID39161524
PMCPMC11333015

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