2017 Volume 39 Issue 3 Pages 262-267
Background. Endobronchial metastasis from a prostate cancer is very rare. Case. A 67-year-old man, who had been complaining of dyspnea and cough, presented to a community hospital. Antimicrobial therapy was initiated with a diagnosis of community-acquired pneumonia, however, it did not improve and he visited our hospital. Multiple polypoid lesions in the tracheobronchial trees were revealed by chest computed tomography. We confirmed the polypoid lesion to be an adenocarcinoma by bronchoscopic biopsy. A result of systemic search, found prostate tumor. Prostatic puncture pathology proved prostate cancer. Performed a maximum androgen inhibition therapy, both the prostate and respiratory tract lesions were reduced. Conclusion. Endobronchial metastasis of prostate cancer is uncommon but it is necessary to consider its existence.
