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Case Reports
. 2019 Dec 4;8(1):96-99.
doi: 10.1002/ccr3.2587. eCollection 2020 Jan.

Three cases of brain metastasis from castration-resistant prostate cancer

Yohei Shida  1 , Tomoaki Hakariya  1 , Yasuyoshi Miyata  1 , Hideki Sakai  1
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Case Reports

Three cases of brain metastasis from castration-resistant prostate cancer

Yohei Shida et al. Clin Case Rep. .

Abstract

Brain metastasis from prostate cancer may be becoming more common and may be associated with occurrence of diffuse systemic metastases.

Keywords: brain metastasis; castration‐resistant prostate cancer; whole‐brain radiotherapy.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that they have no competing interests.

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Figure 1
Cranial MRI imaging of three patients. Arrows show metastatic sites. A, Patient 1: Plain cranial MRI showed left middle cranial fossa metastasis. B, Patient 2: Plain cranial MRI showed right cavernous sinus metastasis. C, Patient 3: Gadolinium (Gd) contrast‐enhanced cranial MRI showed a brain metastasis of 3.5 cm in diameter in the left middle cranial fossa
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