Journal of Education and Health Promotion

Correlation of transrectal ultrasonographic findings with histo pathology in prostatic cancer

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

. Farooq Ahmad Ganie
. Mohd Saleem Wanie 1
. Shabir Ahmad Ganie 2
. Masaratul Gani 3
. Mohd Farooq Mir 4
. Naseer Ahmad Khan 4

1 Urology

2 General Surgery Kidney

3 Health

4 Raidiology, SKIMS, Srinagar, Kashmir, India

Abstract
Objective: To estimate the incidence of hyperechoic, hypoechoic, isoechoic, prostatic cancer in
TRUS (transrectal ultrasound guided) guided prostatic specimens. Materials and Methods: Four
hundred and ninety three patients with raised serum prostatic specific antigen (PSA) and
abnormal DRE findings were subjected to TRUS‑Guided prostate biopsy. Lateralized sextant
biopsy plus prostatic cores from suspicious areas were obtained. Results: Out of 493 patients
who were enrolled in the study, 65 (13.18) patients showed hyperechoic lesions on TRUS and
211 (42.79) patients had hypoechoic lesions on TRUS. Conclusion: Our study has revealed
that hyperechoic lesions on transrectal ultrasonography have more chances of prostatic
cancer as reported in previous literature, so we suggest that we should take additional biopsy
of hyperechoic lesions and perhaps it should be part of the standard protocol in patients
suspected cancer prostate.

Keywords

Pca
prostatic cancer
serum prostatic specific antigen
serum psa
transrectal ultrasonography
transrectal ultrasound guided
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Journal of Education and Health Promotion
Volume 4, Issue 2
Spring 2014
Pages 1-3

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