Cancer Science & Therapy

Department of Radiotherapy, Mohammed VI Center for the Treatment of Cancers, Ibn Rochd Casablanca University Hospital, Casablanca, 20250, Morocco

Publications

• Case Report   
  'Cholestatic Jaundice as a Revealing Manifestation of a Metastatic Prostate Cancer: A Case Report
  Author(s): Ilham Khalfaoui
  
  Cholestatic jaundice as the initial symptom in patients with metastatic prostate cancer is extremely rare. Few cases only of paraneoplasic cholestatic jaundice associated with prostate cancer have been reported in the literature. We present a case of 57 years old patient who presented cholestatic jaundice revealing an underlying metastatic prostate cancer after detailed examinations including Computed Tomography (CT), Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), Positon Emission Tomography (PET), and Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography (ERCP). Cholestatic jaundice may be brought on by malignancies via identified pathways (e.g., bile duct obstruction or widespread hepatic infiltration). Through an unknown pathogenetic mechanism, paraneoplastic syndromes connected to malignancy, particularly renal cell carcinoma (Stauffer's syndrome) and malignant lymphoproliferative disorders, can .. Read More»
  DOI: 10.37421/2376-1318.2024.13.345

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