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Metastatic Adenocarcinoma Of The Prostate To The Brain Initially Diagnosed As Meningioma By Craniotomy: A Case Report, Julia T. Scali, Young Son, Paul Chialastri, Thomas Mueller
Metastatic Adenocarcinoma Of The Prostate To The Brain Initially Diagnosed As Meningioma By Craniotomy: A Case Report, Julia T. Scali, Young Son, Paul Chialastri, Thomas Mueller
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Prostate cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death in men after lung cancer. The most common site of prostate metastasis is bone (84%), lymph node (10.6%), liver (10.2%), and thorax (9.1%), with 18.4% to multiple metastatic sites [1]. Prostate metastasis to the brain is rare, with less than 1% documented cases from M.D. Anderson Cancer Center [2]. It is estimated that 1%-6% of prostate cancer metastasis is found in post mortem examination [3]. Parenchymal brain metastasis has a mean survival of 9.2 months after discovery of brain metastasis [4]. Acute neurological symptoms of metastatic prostate cancer are observed …