Fang Andrew M, Galgano Samuel J, Gordetsky Jennifer B, Sudarshan Sunil, McDonald Andrew M, Rais-Bahrami Soroush
Department of Urology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA.
Department of Radiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA.
Urol Ann. 2020 Apr-Jun;12(2):172-175. doi: 10.4103/UA.UA_31_19. Epub 2020 Apr 14.
Prostate cancer is the most common noncutaneous malignancy in American men. Its lymphatic drainage is very well established throughout literature. We report the case of a 72-year-old Caucasian male with elevated serum prostate-specific antigen and biopsy-confirmed high-risk prostate cancer who underwent multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for staging and treatment planning. The imaging revealed suspicious lymph nodes in the left ischiorectal and right obturator fossae that were biopsy confirmed as metastatic prostate adenocarcinoma. Herein, we present the divergence from the well-established lymphatic drainage of prostate cancer and the role of MRI in detecting this prostate cancer site of spread.
前列腺癌是美国男性中最常见的非皮肤恶性肿瘤。其淋巴引流在文献中已有充分记载。我们报告一例72岁的白种男性,其血清前列腺特异性抗原升高,活检确诊为高危前列腺癌,接受了多参数磁共振成像(MRI)以进行分期和治疗规划。影像学检查发现左侧坐骨直肠窝和右侧闭孔窝有可疑淋巴结,活检证实为转移性前列腺腺癌。在此,我们展示了与前列腺癌既定淋巴引流的差异以及MRI在检测该前列腺癌转移部位中的作用。