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Gastrointestinal Bleeding from Metastatic Prostate Adenocarcinoma to the Stomach
Andree Koop1, Bhaumik Brauhmbhatt2, Jason Lewis3
1Department of Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL.
ACG Case Reports Journal
|April 6, 2017
Abstract:
We present a rare case of gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding associated with metastatic prostate adenocarcinoma to the stomach. Prostate cancer, which is the most common noncutaneous malignancy among men, rarely spreads to the stomach, with only 7 cases reported in the English literature. Symptoms may include abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, and GI bleeding. Our patient was treated with epinephrine injection and bipolar cautery, but GI bleeding recurred 7 months later when he had worsening of his thrombocytopenia while using ibuprofen.