Prostate cancer recurrence mimicking invasive urothelial cancer of the bladder

Abstract

A 74-year-old male patient with stage D1 prostate cancer with the initial prostate-specific antigen (PSA) level of 5570 ng/mL had received androgen deprivation therapy and the serum PSA level had decreased to 0.23 ng/mL when he developed macroscopic hematuria. MRI and cystoscopy suggested invasive urothelial cancer of the bladder, and transurethral resection was performed. The tumors were pathologically diagnosed as a Gleason score 9 prostate cancer with no PSA expression. Prostate cancer patients who develop novel symptoms should be screened for prostate cancer recurrence even if they have very low PSA levels.

Keywords

• Prostate cancer
• Recurrence
• Hematuria
• Transurethral resection