The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, Vol 45, 223-224, Copyright © 1988 by The Society of Thoracic Surgeons
Endobronchial metastases from prostatic carcinoma
JN Kenny, WL Smith and MK Brawer
Department of Surgery, University of Arizona Health Sciences Center, Tucson.
Prostatic carcinoma presenting with pulmonary symptoms is unusual. We
describe the case of a 59-year-old man whose disseminated prostate cancer
was diagnosed with bronchoscopy. To our knowledge, this represents the
second reported case of prostate cancer that manifested with endobronchial
symptoms. The importance of this entity and clinical and therapeutic
aspects are also discussed.