Prostatic carcinoma presenting with respiratory symptoms: response to orchidectomy.

Pulmonary lymphangitis carcinomatosa carries a poor prognosis.'We report a case of prostatic carcinoma in a patient who presented with respiratory symptoms only.The diagnosis of lymphangitis carcinomatosa was made by transbronchial lung biopsy.Symptoms, results of respirat- ory function tests, and radiological appearances all improved considerably after orchidectomy.Case report A 68 year old man, a non-smoker, presented in May 1983 with a four week history of increasing dyspnoea on exer- tion and weight loss of 3 kg.