Complete paraplegia with diffuse osteolytic skeletal metastases: an uncommon presentation of carcinoma of the prostate.

To the best of our knowledge, this is the first reported case of osteolytic prostatic metastases presenting as complete paraplegia. In this situation, in addition to evaluation for prostate CA, we also recommend screening for multiple myeloma as the clinico-radiological profile of the two diseases are similar but their management is very different.