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ArticleFrontiers in oncology2025

Case Report: Rare meets rare-miliary prostate cancer brain metastasis.

Jaspreet K Gill, Jay Detsky, Eyal Golan, Robert Yeung, Audrey Shiner, Urban Emmenegger

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Article in Frontiers in oncology, 2025. 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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Jaspreet K GillDivision of Medical Oncology, Odette Cancer Center, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Jay DetskyDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Odette Cancer Center, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Eyal GolanDivision of Critical Care, Department of Medicine, Mackenzie Health, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Robert YeungDepartment of Medical Imaging, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Center, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Audrey ShinerDivision of Medical Oncology, Odette Cancer Center, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Urban EmmeneggerDivision of Medical Oncology, Odette Cancer Center, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada.

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Abstract

Introduction: Miliary brain metastasis (MM), consisting of innumerable miliary lesions in perivascular location, is a rare disease entity with an estimated incidence of 3.8% among patients with brain metastasis (BM). Similarly, with an approximated incidence of less than 2%, prostate cancer (PC)-related BM is also an infrequent presentation; however, it is more common in patients with neuroendocrine differentiation. To the best of our knowledge, only one other case of MM secondary to PC has been reported. This case report discusses two additional cases of PC-related MM, a condition otherwise predominantly observed secondary to pulmonary adenocarcinoma. Case presentations: The first case describes a patient in his 60s known for metastatic PC with suspected neuroendocrine differentiation and presenting with musculoskeletal pain, lethargy, and status epilepticus. Contrast-enhanced computer tomography (CT) angiogram and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the head and neck revealed diffuse and innumerable foci in the cerebral hemispheres, brainstem, and cerebellum. The second case discusses a similarly aged male patient with biopsy-proven Conclusion: Given its rarity, notably in patients with PC, there are no specific and established diagnostic criteria for MM, a condition with ominous prognosis seemingly related to neuroendocrine differentiation in men with PC.

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