Prostate Cancer Presenting with Pruritus and Cholestasis

Prostate Cancer Presenting with Pruritus and Cholestasis

Jaundice is a rare symptom of the paraneoplastic syndrome associated with prostate cancer. We report a case of metastatic prostate cancer that presented as jaundice. There was an absence of biliary obstruction and hepatic metastasis; therefore, the paraneoplastic syndrome was suggested as the etiolo...

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Main Authors: Young Hee Kim, Jin Myung Park, Chang Don Kang, Sang Oh Seo, Kyougyul Lee, Geehyun Song
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Jin Publishing & Printing Co. 2021-07-01
Series:The Korean Journal of Gastroenterology
Subjects:
prostatic neoplasms
cholestasis
paraneoplastic syndromes
interleukin-6
Online Access:https://www.kjg.or.kr/journal/view.html?uid=5730&vmd=Full
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spelling doaj-d716390731e14aeea67f545f656409782021-09-30T08:00:19ZengJin Publishing & Printing Co.The Korean Journal of Gastroenterology1598-99922233-68692021-07-01781596410.4166/kjg.2021.059Prostate Cancer Presenting with Pruritus and CholestasisYoung Hee Kim0Jin Myung Park1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8798-0587Chang Don Kang2Sang Oh Seo3Kyougyul Lee4Geehyun Song5Departments of Internal Medicine, Kangwon National University Hospital, Kangwon National University School of Medicine, Chuncheon, KoreaDepartments of Internal Medicine, Kangwon National University Hospital, Kangwon National University School of Medicine, Chuncheon, KoreaDepartments of Internal Medicine, Kangwon National University Hospital, Kangwon National University School of Medicine, Chuncheon, KoreaDepartments of Internal Medicine, Kangwon National University Hospital, Kangwon National University School of Medicine, Chuncheon, KoreaDepartments of Anatomic Pathology, Kangwon National University Hospital, Kangwon National University School of Medicine, Chuncheon, KoreaDepartments of Urology, Kangwon National University Hospital, Kangwon National University School of Medicine, Chuncheon, KoreareaJaundice is a rare symptom of the paraneoplastic syndrome associated with prostate cancer. We report a case of metastatic prostate cancer that presented as jaundice. There was an absence of biliary obstruction and hepatic metastasis; therefore, the paraneoplastic syndrome was suggested as the etiology of cholestasis. Jaundice improved with the treatment of prostate cancer. In the literature, interleukin-6 has been suggested to be associated with paraneoplastic syndrome.https://www.kjg.or.kr/journal/view.html?uid=5730&vmd=Fullprostatic neoplasmscholestasisparaneoplastic syndromesinterleukin-6
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author Young Hee Kim
Jin Myung Park
Chang Don Kang
Sang Oh Seo
Kyougyul Lee
Geehyun Song
spellingShingle Young Hee Kim
Jin Myung Park
Chang Don Kang
Sang Oh Seo
Kyougyul Lee
Geehyun Song
Prostate Cancer Presenting with Pruritus and Cholestasis
The Korean Journal of Gastroenterology
prostatic neoplasms
cholestasis
paraneoplastic syndromes
interleukin-6
author_facet Young Hee Kim
Jin Myung Park
Chang Don Kang
Sang Oh Seo
Kyougyul Lee
Geehyun Song
author_sort Young Hee Kim
title Prostate Cancer Presenting with Pruritus and Cholestasis
title_short Prostate Cancer Presenting with Pruritus and Cholestasis
title_full Prostate Cancer Presenting with Pruritus and Cholestasis
title_fullStr Prostate Cancer Presenting with Pruritus and Cholestasis
title_full_unstemmed Prostate Cancer Presenting with Pruritus and Cholestasis
title_sort prostate cancer presenting with pruritus and cholestasis
publisher Jin Publishing & Printing Co.
series The Korean Journal of Gastroenterology
issn 1598-9992
2233-6869
publishDate 2021-07-01
description Jaundice is a rare symptom of the paraneoplastic syndrome associated with prostate cancer. We report a case of metastatic prostate cancer that presented as jaundice. There was an absence of biliary obstruction and hepatic metastasis; therefore, the paraneoplastic syndrome was suggested as the etiology of cholestasis. Jaundice improved with the treatment of prostate cancer. In the literature, interleukin-6 has been suggested to be associated with paraneoplastic syndrome.
topic prostatic neoplasms
cholestasis
paraneoplastic syndromes
interleukin-6
url https://www.kjg.or.kr/journal/view.html?uid=5730&vmd=Full
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