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Vol. 32. Issue 6.
Pages 295-299 (November - December 2021)
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Vol. 32. Issue 6.
Pages 295-299 (November - December 2021)
Case Report
Dural metastasis of prostate carcinoma misdiagnosed as a bilateral subdural hematoma: A case report
Metástasis dural de carcinoma de próstata mal diagnosticado como hematoma subdural bilateral: informe de un caso
Vuk Aleksića,
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, Miloš Jokovićb, Rosanda Ilićb, Vojislav Bogosavljevićb, Branko Đurovićb
a Department of Neurosurgery, Clinical Hospital Center Zemun, Belgrade, Serbia
b Neurosurgery Clinic, Clinical Center of Serbia, Belgrade, Serbia
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Dural metastases originating from prostate cancer are exceedingly uncommon and may clinically imitate a subdural hematoma. Additionally, head computed tomography scan findings can be mistaken for meningioma or subdural hematoma. We present a 75-year-old male patient with dural metastasis as a first presenting sign of prostate cancer, misdiagnosed as a bilateral subdural hematoma on initial non-contrast brain CT scan. Also, a review of literature is presented. We found 12 cases of dural metastasis of prostate cancer mimicking subdural hematoma described in the literature, and unlike in our case, prostate cancer was already diagnosed.

Keywords:
Dural metastases
Prostate cancer
Subdural hematoma
Abbreviations:
CT
PC
CNS
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Las metástasis durales originadas por el cáncer de próstata son muy poco frecuentes y pueden parecerse clínicamente a un hematoma subdural. Además, los hallazgos en las tomografías computarizadas de la cabeza pueden confundirse con un meningioma o un hematoma subdural. Presentamos el caso de un paciente varón de 75 años con metástasis dural como primer signo de presentación de cáncer de próstata, mal diagnosticado como un hematoma subdural bilateral en la TAC cerebral inicial sin contraste. A su vez, se presenta una revisión de la bibliografía. En la bibliografía encontramos 12 casos de metástasis dural de cáncer de próstata que se asemejaban a un hematoma subdural y, a diferencia de nuestro caso, el cáncer de próstata ya estaba diagnosticado.

Palabras clave:
Metástasis dural
Cáncer de próstata
Hematoma subdural

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