Massive pre-prostatic nodal metastasis from localized aggressive prostate cancer removed during robotic-assisted radical prostatectomy with extended pelvic lymph node dissection: a case report with brief literature review
Abstract Background During robotic-assisted radical prostatectomy (RARP) for prostate cancer (PCa), few attention is given to pre-prostatic fat tissue (PPT) even during pelvic lymph node dissection (PLND). However, the rare potential involvement of PPT lymph nodes (LN) by PCa metastasis has already...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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SpringerOpen
2023-10-01
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Series: | African Journal of Urology |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12301-023-00390-2 |