UNUSUAL PRESENTATION OF PROSTATE ADENOCARCINOMA: COLLET-SICARD SYNDROME WITH DYSFUNCTIONS OF CRANIAL NERVES VII AND VIII

İMDAT YÜCE, SEDAT ÇAĞLI, M FATİH KARASU, ALİ BAYRAM, ÖZLEM CANÖZ, MUSTAFA ÖZTÜRK, ERCİHAN GÜNEY

Journal of Clinical Practice and Research - 2015;37(2):69-71

Collet-Sicard syndrome is characterized by the unilateral paralysis of cranial nerves IX-XII. The most common cause is an extradural tumor in the posterior fossa. This syndrome may occasionally occur because of distant metastases. Collet-Sicard syndrome which results from metastatic prostate carcinoma is very rare. A review of the English literature showed that this is the second report of metastatic prostate carcinoma with Collet-Sicard syndrome and dysfunctions of cranial nerves VII and VIII. On the other hand, this is the first report of a patient with prostate carcinoma who initially presented with Collet-Sicard syndrome and showed dysfunctions of cranial nerves VII and VIII.