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Implantation metastasis of prostate cancer in a suprapubic cystostomy tube needle tract

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A 64-year-old male patient with a serum PSA value of 51.91 ng ml−1 and an magnetic resonance imaging scan suggestive of prostate cancer was admitted with bilateral hydronephrosis and anemia. A suprapubic cystostomy had been inserted 6 months earlier, owing to voiding difficulties. The patient was found to have huge multiple bladder stones and a massively thickened bladder wall. A sectio alta with bladder stone removal and bilateral ureteral stenting was performed. Histopathological examination revealed the growth of prostate cancer cells in the cystostomy tube needle tract.

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  1. Department of Urology, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Munich, Germany

    T Horn, J E Gschwend & H Kübler

  2. Department of Pathology, Technische Universität München, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Munich, Germany

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Horn, T., Seidl, S., Gschwend, J. et al. Implantation metastasis of prostate cancer in a suprapubic cystostomy tube needle tract. Prostate Cancer Prostatic Dis 13, 292–294 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/pcan.2009.52

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