The Benefit of a Surgical Resection of a Solitary Pulmonary Metastasis of Prostate Cancer after Radical Prostatectomy | Zendy

Dries Mortier | Zendy; Evert Baten | Zendy; Kurt Vandeurzen | Zendy; Koenraad van Renterghem | Zendy

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The Benefit of a Surgical Resection of a Solitary Pulmonary Metastasis of Prostate Cancer after Radical Prostatectomy

Author(s) -

Dries Mortier,

Evert Baten,

Kurt Vandeurzen,

Koenraad van Renterghem

Publication year - 2017

Publication title -

current urology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.476

H-Index - 13

eISSN - 1661-7657

pISSN - 1661-7649

DOI - 10.1159/000447182

Subject(s) - medicine , metastasectomy , prostatectomy , prostate cancer , metastasis , urology , prostate , cancer , oncology

Historically, a solitary pulmonary metastasis of prostate cancer was considered as metastatic or disseminated disease and could only be treated systemically. However, some patients may benefit from surgical metastasectomy of a solitary pulmonary metastasis. We present an uncommon case of resection of a solitary pulmonary metastasis of prostate cancer after previous radical prostatectomy, resulting in un-detectable prostate specific antigen.

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