Case of the month
The Case of the Month aims to share interesting and educational genito-urinary pathology cases with the ISUP membership. All ISUP members are cordially invited to submit cases to the case manager (cotm@isupweb.org) using the available template (word document). Your submission is highly appreciated!
APRIL 2016
64 year-old male
PSA – 33 ng/ml
Digital rectal exam – right posterolateral nodule
Prostate biopsy – Gleason 8/10 (4+4) (ISUP 4), involving 1 of 12 cores and 100% of the positive core, right lateral
Staging work-up – negative for metastases
Treatment – radical prostatectomy performed according to patient preference
MARCH 2016
57 year old man presented with a 3 cm incidental renal mass. A tumorectomy was performed. Patient is alive and well 7 months after surgery
February 2016
Clinical history: 57 y/o male with 3 cm right renal mass. Partial nephrectomy was performed
January 2016
A 68 year-old man with PSA-elevation and negative DRE undergoes a 12-core prostate biopsy. Five of the cores show extensive glandular atypia.
December 2015
A 54 year-old female with incidentally detected tumor in the left kidney. Partial nephrectomy was performed an a 2.8 x 2 x 2 cm rounded tumor with solid cut surfaces was found.
November 2015
A 58-year-old man underwent radical prostatectomy. In the prostatectomy specimen, an organ-confined cancer Gleason score 3+3=6 was found. However, there was also a separate lesion in the peripheral zone measuring 15 x 10 mm.