[Prostatic syndrome as presentation form of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma]

Actas Urol Esp. 1992 Nov-Dec;16(10):816-8.
[Article in Spanish]

Abstract

Description of one case of a 66 years old patient who developed prostatic syndrome with obstructive renal insufficiency. The ultrasound study showed the existence of a large prostatic mass diagnosed by means of a biopsy as a non-Hodgkin lymphoma. The thoraco-abdominal computerized tomography ruled out the presence of distant adenopathy while bone marrow biopsy did not show lymphoma infiltration. Subsequently, the patient was given polichemotherapy following a CHOP scheme. After 6 cycles, a second CT was performed that showed disappearance of the previously described prostatic mass. Chlorambucil was given as maintenance therapy. The patient remains asymptomatic and disease-free nine months after discontinuing the polichemotherapy.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / therapeutic use
  • Cyclophosphamide / administration & dosage
  • Doxorubicin / administration & dosage
  • Humans
  • Lymphoma, B-Cell / complications*
  • Lymphoma, B-Cell / drug therapy
  • Male
  • Prednisone / administration & dosage
  • Prostatic Neoplasms / complications*
  • Prostatic Neoplasms / drug therapy
  • Renal Insufficiency / etiology*
  • Syndrome
  • Vincristine / administration & dosage

Substances

  • Vincristine
  • Doxorubicin
  • Cyclophosphamide
  • Prednisone

Supplementary concepts

  • CHOP protocol