Presentation
Cough ?pneumonia
Patient Data
Age: 75 years
Gender: Male
From the case:
Sclerotic rib metastases - prostate cancer
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Densely sclerotic left anterolateral 5th rib. No evidence of pneumonia.
From the case:
Sclerotic rib metastases - prostate cancer
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Osteoblastic activity is present in the right scapula, right lower sternum, left 5th rib anterolaterally, T5, T6, T10 and L3 vertebral bodies, right posterior iliac bone, mid sacral body and left sacral ala, right distal third femur, left mid femur and proximal left humerus.
Case Discussion
The patient has prostate cancer and these changes represent skeletal metastases.