Prostatic carcinoma metastatic to frontal and cavernous sinuses: a case report

Metastasis from distant primary tumors is extremely rare in the paranasal sinuses with few hundred cases in the literature. Metastatic carcinoma of the prostate is even rarer, despite being one of the most common tumors, with only 24 cases published. In this article, we report a case of a 58-year-old male presenting with epistaxis and nasal obstruction as initial symptoms of a metastatic prostate carcinoma in the ethmoid cells and maxillary sinus.

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Metastasis to Paranasal Sinuses from Carcinoma of Prostate: Report of a Case and Review of the Literature

Barbosa

Ferreira

Mariano

et al. 2018

Case Reports in Otolaryngology

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A Case of Unilateral Proptosis Secondary to Prostatic Metastasis

et al. 2022

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Prostate cancer metastases involving the orbit and/or paranasal sinuses represent a rare oncological presentation. Patients can have a myriad of symptoms such as proptosis, periorbital swelling, blurry vision, rhinorrhea, epistaxis, anosmia, or others depending on the structures involved. The differential diagnosis of paranasal sinus masses on imaging studies is broad and can include inflammatory, congenital, or neoplastic masses; leading to the requirement of biopsy for definitive diagnosis. Tissue sample is usually obtained via an endoscopic approach. The prognosis of such a presentation is not well described in the literature, but it is usually guarded due to the advanced stage of the disease and generally a poorly differentiated primary tumor. Treatments usually aim to reduce the burden of disease and debulk the tumor mass for palliative purposes. We present a case of a 71-year-old male presenting with unilateral proptosis and periorbital swelling secondary to prostatic metastasis.

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Prostatic carcinoma metastatic to frontal and cavernous sinuses: a case report

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Metastasis to Paranasal Sinuses from Carcinoma of Prostate: Report of a Case and Review of the Literature

Metastasis to Paranasal Sinuses from Carcinoma of Prostate: Report of a Case and Review of the Literature

A Case of Unilateral Proptosis Secondary to Prostatic Metastasis

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