The Journal of the Louisiana State Medical Society : official organ of the Louisiana State Medical Society
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Review Case Reports
Metastatic prostate cancer mimicking chronic subdural hematoma: a case report and review of the literature.
Cancer of the prostate is extremely common and is well known to metastasize to the pelvic lymph nodes and axial skeleton (vertebral column, pelvis, cranium, and proximal femur). However, reports of intracranial metastasis are rare and commonly discovered postmortem. ⋯ We present a unique case of metastatic prostate cancer presenting with headaches after head trauma with classic radiologic findings of subdural hematoma. The diagnosis may have been made sooner with preoperative magnetic resonance imaging.