A 10-year-old MN Bichon Frise was presented with a history of prostatomegaly during rectal palpation and a painful lumbosacral spine. CBC and blood chemistry analyses were normal. No urinalysis was performed
A 10-year-old MN Bichon Frise was presented with a history of prostatomegaly during rectal palpation and a painful lumbosacral spine. CBC and blood chemistry analyses were normal. No urinalysis was performed
Suspected bony infiltration or paraneoplastic pain related to prostatic carcinoma.
The prostate was hypoechoic with focal calcifications and a small cystic region. This is consistent with prostatic carcinoma.
The patient was referred for an oncology consultation.
Prostatomegaly – benign prostatic hyperplasia, cystic prostatic disease, neoplasia, abscess. Spinal pain – secondary to prostatic disease, disc disease, trauma, neoplasia, LS instability.
US-guided FNAs of the prostate revealed carcinoma with marked necrosis and chronic inflammation.
