An unusual presentation of a patient with advanced prostate cancer, massive ascites and peritoneal metastasis: Case report and literature review

Dimitrios Petrakis; George Pentheroudakis; Sevasti Kamina; Lambrini Pappa; Evangelos Papadiotis; Vassiliki Malamou-Mitsi; Nicholas Pavlidis

doi:10.1016/j.jare.2014.05.002

An unusual presentation of a patient with advanced prostate cancer, massive ascites and peritoneal metastasis: Case report and literature review

J Adv Res. 2015 May;6(3):517-21. doi: 10.1016/j.jare.2014.05.002. Epub 2014 May 17.

Authors

Dimitrios Petrakis¹, George Pentheroudakis¹, Sevasti Kamina², Lambrini Pappa², Evangelos Papadiotis², Vassiliki Malamou-Mitsi², Nicholas Pavlidis¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medical Oncology, Ioannina University Hospital, S. Niarchos Avenue, Ioannina 45500, Greece.
² Department of Pathology-Cytology, Ioannina University Hospital, S. Niarchos Avenue, Ioannina 45500, Greece.

Abstract

We describe the case of a patient with prostate cancer, ascites, omental and bone metastases, an extremely rare clinical variant that warrants further investigation, and review the relevant literature.

Keywords: Ascites; Case report; Peritoneal metastases; Prostate cancer.