Metastatic prostate adenocarcinoma presenting as supraclavicular lymphadenopathy: A report of two cases


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Davarci M., Gokce A., Guven E. O., Yalcinkaya F. R., Esen H., Sevinc A.

Wspolczesna Onkologia, vol.16, no.1, pp.53-55, 2012 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 16 Issue: 1
  • Publication Date: 2012
  • Doi Number: 10.5114/wo.2012.27337
  • Journal Name: Wspolczesna Onkologia
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.53-55
  • Keywords: Metastasis, Prostate cancer, Supraclavicular lymphadenopathy
  • Hatay Mustafa Kemal University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Clinical examination is very important in the practice of medicine. In patients presenting with a supraclavicular mass, a number of diseases including cancer should be ruled out. Two patients who presented with a bulky left supraclavicularmass were evaluated. Theirmedical history revealed complaints attributed to lower urinary tract infection. We performed histopathological examination of the lymph nodes with radiological evaluation of the thorax and abdomen. The final diagnoses were prostate cancer in both patients. It should always be kept in mind that prostate cancer is the most frequent cancer in elderlymen, and although very unusual, the presenting finding can be cervical or supraclavicular lymphadenopathy; thus clinicians should be aware of urological examinations in such cases.