Metastatic prostate cancer presenting as a posterior mediastinal mass: A rare presentation

Abstract

Abstract A 68‐year‐old African American male presented to the emergency department with back and abdominal pain. Imaging showed a posterior mediastinal mass interposed between the carina, the left main stem bronchus, and the descending thoracic aorta. Biopsy of the mass favored a metastatic prostate carcinoma, which is an extremely rare presentation.

Keywords

• African American
• back pain
• mediastinal neoplasms
• prostate
• prostatic neoplasms