Journal of Otology & RhinologyISSN: 2324-8785

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Case Report, J Otol Rhinol Vol: 4 Issue: 5

Sphenoid wing Metastasis from Occult Prostatic Carcinoma

Mai Katto1,2*, Go Inokuchi2, Hisami Fujio2, Shingo Hasegawa2,Naoki Otsuki2 and Ken-ichi Nibu2
1Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Nishi-Kobe Medical Center, Kobe City,Hyogo, Japan
2Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe City, Hyogo, Japan
Corresponding author : Mai Katto
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Nishi-Kobe Medical Center, 5-7-1, Kouji-dai, Nishi-ku, Kobe City, Hyogo, 651-2273, Japan
Tel: +81-78-997-2200; Fax: + 81-78-997-2220
E-mail: mkatto@med.kobe-u.ac.jp
Received: April 13, 2015 Accepted: July 17, 2015 Published: July 23, 2015
Citation: Katto M, Inokuchi G, Fujio H, Hasegawa S, Otsuki N, et al. (2015) Sphenoid wing Metastasis from Occult Prostatic Carcinoma. J Otol Rhinol 4:4. doi:10.4172/2324-8785.1000241

Abstract

Prostatic carcinoma commonly metastasizes to skeletal bone or vertebral bodies, forming osteosclerotic bone metastases, also it metastasizes to the head and neck region. This is the case of prostatic carcinoma presenting with an osteosclerotic metastasis to the sphenoid wing. A 64-year-old man complained of progressive left visual loss and exophthalmos. Computed tomography (CT) revealed a clear soft-density mass in the left sphenoid wing and fluorodeoxyglucose-positron emission tomography (FDG-PET) showed almost no uptake of FDG in this lesion. Biopsy from the sphenoid wing was obtained with the canine fossa approach. Pathological diagnosis was prostate adenocarcinoma. This case serves as a reminder that prostate carcinoma should be considered whenever osteosclerotic bone changes are observed on CT. FDGPET proved to be less sensitive than scintigraphy for the diagnosis of osteosclerotic metastasis from prostate carcinoma.

Keywords: Sphenoid wing; Prostate carcinoma; Bone metastasis; Visual loss

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