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An Orthotopic Murine Model of Human Prostate Cancer Metastasis
Published on: September 18, 2013
Proptosis--an uncommon presentation of orbital metastases secondary to prostate cancer
B Vissamsetti1, P A McArdle, C J Adams
1Department of Urology, Royal Alexandra Hospital, Paisley, UK. gcl395@clinmed.gla.ac.uk
Urologia Internationalis
|November 21, 2007
Abstract:
We report the case of a man with advanced prostate cancer who presented as an emergency with proptosis of his right eye. Cross-sectional imaging of his head confirmed the cause to be orbital metastases secondary to his prostate cancer. The patient responded well to treatment with dexamethasone and palliative orbital radiotherapy.
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