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Prostate cancer metastatic to the omentum
E O Kehinde1, S M Abdeen, A Al-Hunayan
1Department of Surgery, Division of Urology, Faculty of Medicine, Kuwait University, Kuwait. ekehinde@kems.net
Scandinavian Journal of Urology and Nephrology
|August 31, 2002
Abstract:
A 76-year-old man presented with palpable omental metastasis and gross ascites due to prostate cancer. Within 3 months of surgical castration, the ascites resolved completely, the omental mass was reduced by more than 75%, and serum PSA fell to 4.24 ng/ml from 368.4 ng/ml. Worthwhile palliation can be achieved in patients with massive effusions secondary to metastatic prostate cancer using hormone manipulation.