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A case of prostatic cancer metastasizing to the orbit
Author(s) -
INAGAKI TAKESHI,
EBISUNO SHOICHI,
MIYAI MASAHIRO,
NAKAMURA JUN
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
international journal of urology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.172
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1442-2042
pISSN - 0919-8172
DOI - 10.1046/j.1442-2042.1999.00625.x
Subject(s) - medicine , exophthalmos , orbit (dynamics) , prostate cancer , cancer , radiology , engineering , aerospace engineering
Purpose: We report on a case of prostatic cancer with multiple bone metastases, including right orbital involvement. Methods/Results: Hormonal treatment and local irradiation to the right orbit were performed. Subjective symptoms with exophthalmos and pain disappeared. Conclusions: We report on a case of prostatic cancer metastasizing to the right orbital bone.