Asian Journal of Case Reports in Surgery

Giant Prostate Cancer: A Clinical Enigma

H. Krishna Moorthy *

Institute of Nephro-Urology, Lourdes Hospital, Kochi, 682 012, India.

Lal Darsan

Institute of Nephro-Urology, Lourdes Hospital, Kochi, 682 012, India.

Ashwin Krishnamoorthy

Regional Cancer Centre, Thiruvananthapuram, 695 011, India.

Anupama Chithra

Apollo Hospitals Bannerghatta, Amalodbhavi Nagar, Naga, Bangalore, 560 076, India.

Thulasi P.

Urology Surgical Suite, Lakshmi Hospital, Ernakulam, 682 016, India.

*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.

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Abstract

Prostate is an accessory male sexual organ, which can produce clinical illnesses in the elderly, in the form of benign enlargement, cancers or infections. Although giant prostatic hyperplasia has been described as an entity in literature, prostate cancers reaching such giant propositions without producing local symptoms or metastases is a rarity. We present reports of three cases of giant prostate cancers managed in our centre.

Keywords: Giant prostate cancer, androgen deprivation therapy, benign prostatic enlargement, urinary outflow obstruction

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