AN AGGRESSIVE ADULT PROSTATE RHABDOMYOSARCOMA WITH RECTAL INVASION

ŞEN İ., ONARAN M., Yilmaz G., Memis L., Tunc L., Biri H., ...Daha Fazla

GAZI MEDICAL JOURNAL, cilt.18, sa.2, ss.86-88, 2007 (ESCI) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 18 Sayı: 2
  • Basım Tarihi: 2007
  • Dergi Adı: GAZI MEDICAL JOURNAL
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.86-88
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Prostate, embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma, tumor
  • Gazi Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Embryonal prostate sarcomas constitute less than 0.1% of primary prostate cancer cases in adults. Patients usually present with obstructive voiding and rectal compression symptoms. Due to the unusual aggressive behaviour of this disease, most patients presenting with advanced stage and metastatic lesions will have a poor prognosis. We report a patient with rectal perforation in which pelvic exenteration was performed in order to reach negative surgical margins. In addition, severe rectal bleeding leading to acute blood loss supported the indication to perform this radical surgery in our case. Thus, every physician should keep this rare disease in mind during the differential diagnosis of a patient sharing clinical features with our case to reach an exact diagnosis as soon as possible before metastatic disease develops.