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| Year : 2022 | Volume
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Quaint metastasis and markedly elevated prostate-specific antigen: An unusual manifestation of prostate cancer
Nwachukwu Olusegun Nwachukwu1, Ayodeji Akinwunmi Ayeni1, Olutomiwa Ayoola Omokore1, Adetomilayo Adeotan Arijeniwa1, Segun Idris Odejayi2, Peter Kehinde Uduagbamen1
1 Department of Surgery, Babcock University Teaching Hospital, Ilishan-Remo, Nigeria
2 Department of Surgery, Babcock University Teaching Hospital, Ilishan-Remo, Nigeria; Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Department of Internal Medicine, Bowen University/Bowen University Teaching Hospital, Ogbomosho, Nigeria; Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Department of Internal Medicine, Babcock University/Babcock University Teaching Hospital, Ilishan-Remo, Nigeria
Correspondence Address:
Dr. Peter Kehinde Uduagbamen
Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Department of Internal Medicine, Bowen University/Bowen University Teaching Hospital, Ogbomosho
Nigeria
 Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None
DOI: 10.4103/AMJM.AMJM_24_22
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Prostate cancer is one of the most common malignancies in males globally with records of approximately 1.6 million diagnosis and over 0.36 million deaths annually. The discovering and subsequent clinical application of the prostate-specific antigen (PSA) improved the diagnostic rates. Values of PSA (a tissue-specific marker) persistently greater than 4 ng/mL are regarded as abnormal hence histological studies are often required to confirm malignancy. Adenocarcinomatous cells, commonly osteoblastic, typically metastasize to the lumbar region via the veins of Batson. We report a case of prostatic cancer in a 69-year-old Nigerian with markedly elevated PSA, thoracic spine, and pelvic metastasis. |
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