Cerebellar metastases from prostatic carcinoma

Australas Radiol. 2004 Sep;48(3):430-3. doi: 10.1111/j.0004-8461.2004.01335.x.

Abstract

A 67-year-old man presented with worsening headaches and gait disturbance, and with minimal clinical signs. A brain MRI showed multiple solid cerebellar metastases. The pathological diagnosis of metastatic carcinoma of the prostate was further suggested by an elevation in prostate specific antigen, and was pathologically confirmed following the neurosurgical removal of the tumours. The rarity of this presentation, as documented in the clinical literature, is reviewed.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adenocarcinoma / diagnosis
  • Adenocarcinoma / drug therapy
  • Adenocarcinoma / secondary*
  • Adenocarcinoma / surgery
  • Aged
  • Cerebellar Neoplasms / diagnosis
  • Cerebellar Neoplasms / drug therapy
  • Cerebellar Neoplasms / secondary*
  • Cerebellar Neoplasms / surgery
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Prostatic Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Prostatic Neoplasms / surgery