Neck mass: An unusual presentation of prostate cancer metastasis

Authors

  • R. Azorliade
  • K.A.A. Appiah
  • G. Amoah
  • C.K. Gyasi-Sarpong
  • P.O.M. Maison
  • K.B. Nyamekye
  • K. Otu-Boateng
  • S.K. Togbe

Keywords:

Prostate cancer, neck mass, metastasis, Androgen Deprivation Therapy

Abstract

Globally, prostate cancer is a disease of public health importance and it is most common amongmen between 60 to 70 years of age. Distant primaries involving supraclavicular nodes secondary toprostate cancer is very rare. This report is a case of an unusual presentation of prostate cancermanifesting as a huge neck mass in a 61-year-old man from Kumasi, Ghana, who had completeregression of the mass after androgen deprivation therapy. Carcinoma of the prostate should beconsidered among the differential diagnoses in any elderly male presenting with a neck mass.Journal of Medical and Biomedical Sciences (2016) 5(2), 1-4

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Published

2016-10-20

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Vol. 5 No. 2 (2016)

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 The Journal of Medical and Biomedical Science publishes original, novel, peer-reviewed reports that pertain to medical and allied health sciences; confirmatory reports of previously described phenomena that either contain a novel finding or are of such magnitude to enhance the field; as well as laboratory or basic science investigational studies that are meritorious.