Cavitary lung metastasis as relapse of prostate cancer

G E Polistina; A Matarese; P Cariello; D Caroppo; A S Zamparelli

doi:10.1016/j.rmcr.2019.100973

Cavitary lung metastasis as relapse of prostate cancer

Respir Med Case Rep. 2019 Nov 30:29:100973. doi: 10.1016/j.rmcr.2019.100973. eCollection 2020.

Authors

G E Polistina¹, A Matarese¹, P Cariello¹, D Caroppo², A S Zamparelli³

Affiliations

¹ Dipartimento Medicina Clinica e Chirurgia, Sezione di Malattie dell'Apparato Respiratorio, University Federico II, Monaldi Hospital, Napoli, Italy.
² Dipartimento di Anatomia Patologica, Monaldi Hospital, Napoli, Italy.
³ Director of the School of Specialization in Diseases of the Respiratory System, University of Naples "Federico II", A.O.R.N. Monaldi-Cotugno-CTO, Piazzale Ettore Ruggieri, 80131, Naples, Italy.

Abstract

Prostate cancer is the most common non-cutaneous malignancy diagnosed in men. It usually metastasizes to bone as osteoblastic lesions on radiographs and regional lymph nodes, and uncommonly to lung, liver and brain. Metastatic prostate cancer recurrence after definitive local therapy can occur in any tissue. The role of fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) for diagnosis of metastatic malignancies is well established in literature. We describe a 74 years old male, previously treated for localized prostate cancer, admitted to our Department after total body computed tomography revealed multiple irregular lung lesions some of which had an excavated appearance.

Publication types

Case Reports