A MALE CASE OF SYNCHRONOUS DOUBLE CANCERS OF THE BREAST AND PROSTATE

Authors
TAJIKA M TUCHIYA T YASUDA M ITO Y NAKAMURA T YAMAUCHI K YAMAUCHI H NISHINO Y FUJIHIRO S SHIMA H MORIWAKI H MUTO Y
Citation
M. Tajika et al., A MALE CASE OF SYNCHRONOUS DOUBLE CANCERS OF THE BREAST AND PROSTATE, Internal medicine, 33(1), 1994, pp. 31-35
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine, General & Internal
Journal title
Internal medicine → ACNP
ISSN journal
09182918
Volume
33
Issue
1
Year of publication
1994
Pages
31 - 35
Database
ISI
SICI code
0918-2918(1994)33:1<31:AMCOSD>2.0.ZU;2-R
Abstract
A male case of synchronous double cancers of the breast and prostate i s reported. An 84-year-old male was admitted to the hospital complaini ng of general malaise, anorexia and weight loss. A tumor 3 cm in diame ter was noted in his left breast, which was removed by mastectomy, and was diagnosed as papillotubular carcinoma. An induration of his prost ate and elevated prostate specific antigen, gamma-seminoprotein and pr ostatic acid phosphatase levels were also noted. Needle biopsy of his prostate revealed adenocarcinoma. Among the previous 18 reported cases of this combination of cancers, those with no prior estrogen therapy were very rare, the present case being the third ever reported.