Radiological Profile of Patients with Benign Prostate Hypertrophy.

ABSTRACT

Background: As TRUS-guided prostate biopsy is associated with significant complications, preventing unnecessary biopsies becomes very important. TRUS-guided prostate biopsies also raise the diagnostic rate of clinically insignificant prostate cancer. Objective: To study the radiological profile of patients with benign prostatic hyperplasia. Methods: A hospital based cross sectional study was carried out among 40 patients. Their informed consent was obtained. The patients were referred from Urology department. Digital rectal examination and trans rectal ultrasonography was performed for all patients. The results were expressed as percentages. Results: 24 patients were in the age group of 51 to 71 years. The least age group subjected to in the study was the patients below the age of 40 years. 35% of the patients studied in the present study had diffuse enlargement of the prostate. In addition, it can be observed that 65% of the patients studied in the present study had focal nodular benign prostatic hyperplasia. Conclusion: Benign prostatic hyperplasia was found common in the elderly patients.