Primary carcinoid tumor of prostate presenting with bone marrow metastases

Urology. 2005 Jan;65(1):174. doi: 10.1016/j.urology.2004.07.010.

Abstract

Primary carcinoid tumor of the prostate is a rare tumor derived from the amine precursor uptake and decarboxylation cells of the prostate. We report a case of a 71-year-old man who presented with progressive anemia due to bone marrow metastases from primary carcinoid tumor of the prostate. No other metastasis was found clinically. This pattern of metastasis is very unusual and illustrates that carcinoid tumor of the prostate may metastasize distantly without locoregional lymph node involvement. This unique case highlights the need for a multidisciplinary approach to the evaluation of a metastatic carcinoid tumor of an unknown primary and that it should include the prostate.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Bone Marrow / pathology*
  • Bone Neoplasms / complications
  • Bone Neoplasms / secondary*
  • Carcinoid Tumor / complications
  • Carcinoid Tumor / diagnostic imaging
  • Carcinoid Tumor / secondary*
  • False Negative Reactions
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Neoplasms, Unknown Primary / diagnosis
  • Positron-Emission Tomography
  • Prostatic Neoplasms / complications
  • Prostatic Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Prostatic Neoplasms / pathology*
  • beta-Thalassemia / complications