ABSTRACT
One hundred patients diagnosed clinically as senile enlargement of the prostate were subjected to transrectal ultrasonography. Forty cases showed focal lesions by ultrasound. Of these, fourteen cases were diagnosed as benign nodular hyperplasia of the prostate, twelve cases were diagnosed as chronic prostatitis, ten cases had prostatic calcifications and four cases were diagnosed as carcinoma of the prostate. Biopsy studies of operative biopsy specimens proved the diagnosis of cases with benign nodular hyperplasia and of calcifications, whereas per rectal ultrasound was less accurate in detecting early stages of prostatic carcinoma. Therefore, per rectal ultrasound is a great development of noninvasive methods of imaging the prostate which can overcome the limitations inherent to digital evaluation of the prostate
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Male , UltrasonographyABSTRACT
One hundred patients diagnosed clinically as senile enlargement of the prostate were subjected to transrectal ultrasonography. Forty cases showed focal lesions by ultrasound. Of these, fourteen cases were diagnosed as benign nodular hyperplasia of the prostate, twelve cases were diagnosed as chronic prostatitis, ten cases had prostatic calcifications and four cases were diagnosed as carcinoma of the prostate. Biopsy studies of operative biopsy specimens proved the diagnosis of cases with benign nodular hyperplasia and of calcifications, whereas per rectal ultrasound was less accurate in detecting early stages of prostatic carcinoma. Therefore, per rectal ultrasound is a great development of noninvasive methods of imaging the prostate which can overcome the limitations inherent to digital evaluation of the prostate