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Skene duct adenocarcinoma in a patient with an elevated serum prostate-specific antigen level: a case report.
- Source :
- Journal of Medical Case Reports; 2/14/2018, Vol. 12, p1-4, 4p
- Publication Year :
- 2018
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Abstract
- <bold>Background: </bold>Female urethral carcinoma is a very rare disease that accounts for 0.02% of malignant diseases in female patients.<bold>Case Presentation: </bold>A 70-year-old Asian Japanese woman with a urethral tumor was referred to our hospital to undergo further examination. Biopsy specimens showed urethral adenocarcinoma that was positive for prostate-specific antigen. Her serum prostate-specific antigen level before surgery was 34.4 ng/ml. Urethral tumor resection with pelvic lymph node resection was performed. Her serum prostate-specific antigen level decreased to < 0.01 ng/ml after surgery.<bold>Conclusions: </bold>We report a very rare case of Skene duct adenocarcinoma in a female patient with serum prostate-specific antigen elevation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- URETHRAL cancer
ANTIGENS
LYMPH nodes
BIOPSY
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 17521947
- Volume :
- 12
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Medical Case Reports
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 128062822
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s13256-017-1558-y