Primary Signet Ring Cell Carcinoma of the Prostate: A Rare Case Report

Alper Gök; Can Tuygun; Müge Akmansu; Ayşegül Aksakal Uslu; Ibrahim Güven Kartal; Fatih Sandikçi; Osman Raif Karabacak; Azmi Levent Sağnak; Hikmet Topaloğlu; Hamit Ersoy

doi:10.3390/jcm7080218

Primary Signet Ring Cell Carcinoma of the Prostate: A Rare Case Report

J Clin Med. 2018 Aug 15;7(8):218. doi: 10.3390/jcm7080218.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Department of Urology, University of Health Sciences, Dışkapı Yıldırım Beyazıt Training and Research Hospital, Ankara 06030, Turkey. [email protected].
² Department of Urology, University of Health Sciences, Dışkapı Yıldırım Beyazıt Training and Research Hospital, Ankara 06030, Turkey. [email protected].
³ Department of Radiation Oncology, Gazi University Medical Faculty, Ankara 06560, Turkey. [email protected].
⁴ Department of Pathology, University of Health Sciences, Dışkapı Yıldırım Beyazıt Training and Research Hospital, Ankara 06030, Turkey. [email protected].
⁵ Department of Urology, University of Health Sciences, Dışkapı Yıldırım Beyazıt Training and Research Hospital, Ankara 06030, Turkey. [email protected].
⁶ Department of Urology, University of Health Sciences, Dışkapı Yıldırım Beyazıt Training and Research Hospital, Ankara 06030, Turkey. [email protected].
⁷ Department of Urology, University of Health Sciences, Dışkapı Yıldırım Beyazıt Training and Research Hospital, Ankara 06030, Turkey. [email protected].
⁸ Department of Urology, University of Health Sciences, Dışkapı Yıldırım Beyazıt Training and Research Hospital, Ankara 06030, Turkey. [email protected].
⁹ Department of Urology, University of Health Sciences, Dışkapı Yıldırım Beyazıt Training and Research Hospital, Ankara 06030, Turkey. [email protected].
¹⁰ Department of Urology, University of Health Sciences, Dışkapı Yıldırım Beyazıt Training and Research Hospital, Ankara 06030, Turkey. [email protected].

Abstract

Primary prostatic signet ring cell carcinoma is a rare form of cancer with a poor prognosis, which is generally treated with a traditional prostate adenocarcinoma therapy. This case report presents a 70-year-old diagnosed with primary prostatic signet ring cell carcinoma, treated with a combination of radiotherapy and hormone therapy and a 16 month survival without an evidence of the disease at follow up.

Keywords: carcinoma; prostate; radiotherapy; signet ring cell.

Publication types

Case Reports