[Prostatic endometrioid carcinoma: a case report]

Hinyokika Kiyo. 1997 Oct;43(10):755-7.
[Article in Japanese]

Abstract

An 89-year-old man presented with urinary retention. Digital rectal examination was benign despite elevated serum prostate-specific antigen (PSA) level. Suprapubic prostatectomy was performed under the diagnosis of benign prostatic hyperplasia. Histopathological diagnosis was endometrioid carcinoma showing positive immunohistochemical staining for PSA. Postoperatively, estrogen was administered for 9 months. After 37 months, serum PSA level began to increase and a palpable nodule was detected on digital rectal examination. Biopsy showed coexistence of endometrioid carcinoma and acinar adenocarcinoma. Hormonal treatment was resumed and the disease has been well controlled for 65 months postoperatively.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Carcinoma, Endometrioid* / diagnosis
  • Carcinoma, Endometrioid* / pathology
  • Humans
  • Immunohistochemistry
  • Male
  • Prostate-Specific Antigen / analysis
  • Prostatic Neoplasms* / diagnosis
  • Prostatic Neoplasms* / pathology

Substances

  • Prostate-Specific Antigen