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Prostate carcinoma presenting with diffuse osteolytic metastases and supraclavicular lymphadenopathy mimicking multiple myeloma.

Bukunmi Michael Idowu
Published in: Clinical case reports (2017)
Prostate cancer typically presents with osteoblastic metastases; however, patients with prostate cancer may have osteolytic metastases, as seen in this case. Patients with osteolytic metastases require a thorough evaluation to rule out malignancies including multiple myeloma, but prostate cancer is a very important differential diagnosis.
Keyphrases
  • prostate cancer
  • multiple myeloma
  • radical prostatectomy
  • low grade
  • vascular smooth muscle cells
  • fine needle aspiration
  • benign prostatic hyperplasia