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Sequencing Small Non-coding RNA from Formalin-fixed Tissues and Serum-derived Exosomes from Castration-resistant Prostate Cancer Patients
Published on: November 19, 2019
Neuroendocrine carcinoma of the prostate gland
Pamela Hoof1, Ginger Tsai-Nguyen1, Scott Paulson1
1Department of Internal Medicine (Hoof, Tsai-Nguyen), Department of Oncology (Paulson), Department of Radiology (Syed), and Division of Pulmonary Disease (Mora), Baylor University Medical Center at Dallas.
Abstract:
Small cell prostate carcinoma (SCPC) has a clinical course and prognosis that is markedly different from that of common adenocarcinoma of the prostate. The patient in this case presented with fever of unknown origin, dyspnea, and near spinal cord compression. He was subsequently found to have widely metastatic high-grade neuroendocrine carcinoma of prostatic origin. This case emphasizes that despite the commonality of prostate cancer, there are rare presentations of this common disease.
