Prostatic Carcinoma Presenting as Unilateral Proptosis: A Rare Case Report.

Vinay S Kundargi, Anup S Desai Siddannagouda B Patil  Basavesh S Patil Ashokkumar N Biradar  Nikhil A Patil Kshitiz Ranka

dc.contributor.author	Vinay S Kundargi, Anup S Desai Siddannagouda B Patil Basavesh S Patil Ashokkumar N Biradar Nikhil A Patil Kshitiz Ranka
dc.date.accessioned	2019-11-28T08:05:26Z
dc.date.available	2019-11-28T08:05:26Z
dc.date.issued	2015
dc.identifier.issn	22293809
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/1458
dc.description.abstract	Adenocarcinoma of prostate typically involves axial skeleton and has been infrequently reported in unusual sites like orbit. It is noteworthy that upto 1989, only 28 cases of occulo-orbital metastases of prostate cancer (PC) had been reported in the literature. PC is mostly known to metastasize to the bony skeleton. The lack of skeletal metastasis does not exclude the possibility of visceral/ distant metastasis, and serum PSA levels usually do not correlate with the extent of metastatic disease. Here in, we report a rare case of unilateral orbital metastasis from PC	en_US
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.publisher	BLDE(Deemed to be University)	en_US
dc.subject	Prostatic carcinoma; Adenocarcinoma; metastatic disease	en_US
dc.title	Prostatic Carcinoma Presenting as Unilateral Proptosis: A Rare Case Report.	en_US
dc.type	Article	en_US