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¹Department of Medical Oncology, Kayseri Training and Research Hospital, Kayseri
²Department of Medical Oncology, Erciyes University M.K. Dedeman Oncology Hospital, Kayseri
³Department of Radiology, Erciyes University Faculty of Medicine, Kayseri
⁴Department of Medical Oncology, Yıldırım Beyazıt Oncology Hospital, Ankara, all in Turkey Although adenocarcinoma of the prostate has significant propensity for metastatic involvement of the bone and other organ systems it rarely invades the brain parenchyma. A 70-year-old man with prostate cancer was admitted to the hospital because of sudden onset of neurological signs. Computed tomography scan demonstrated a large hyperdense dural metastasis with hyperostosis in the left frontal region. Here we report a case of a large dural based metastatasis from adenocarcinoma of the prostate, clinically and radiographically mimicking a meningioma. Additionally, in this case report the implications of dural-based intracranial lesions in patients with prostate cancer is discussed and the current literature for dural metastases is reviewed. Keywords : Brain metastasis; computed tomography; meningioma; prostate cancer