Cholestasis and prostatic carcinoma. Description of a case and review of paraneoplastic cholestasis

We report a patient with cholestasis associated with prostatic carcinoma. When metastasic hepatic occupation, bile tract obstruction and other causes were ruled out, cholestasis was attributed to carcinoma itself as a paraneoplastic syndrome. This possibility has been previously reported as exceptio...

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Published inMedicina clínica Vol. 96; no. 1; p. 22
Main Authors Morís de la Tassa, J, Claros González, I, García-Alcalde Fernández, M L, Antuña Egocheaga, A, Argüelles Toraño, M
Format Journal Article
LanguageSpanish
Published Spain 12.01.1991
Subjects
Adenocarcinoma - complications
Aged
Cholestasis, Intrahepatic - etiology
Humans
Male
Paraneoplastic Syndromes
Prostatic Neoplasms - complications
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Summary:We report a patient with cholestasis associated with prostatic carcinoma. When metastasic hepatic occupation, bile tract obstruction and other causes were ruled out, cholestasis was attributed to carcinoma itself as a paraneoplastic syndrome. This possibility has been previously reported as exceptional in prostatic carcinoma and in other tumors. We review cholestasis associated with tumors and we discuss its possible etiological and pathogenetical mechanisms.
ISSN:0025-7753