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Positron emission tomography scan In prostate cancer gallium-labelled prostate-specific membrane a...

Prostate-specific antigen This is discussed earlier in this chapter. It is good at follow ing the ...

Prostatic abscess In addition to the foregoing symptoms and signs, the advent of a prostatic abs...

PROSTATIC CALCULI Prostatic calculi are of two varieties: endogenous, which are common, and exog...

PROSTATITIS In both acute and chronic prostatitis, the seminal vesicles and posterior urethra are...

Pathology BPH a ff ects both glandular epithelium and connective tissue stroma to variable degrees...

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Methods of performing prostatectomy The prostate can be approached (1) transurethrally (TURP); (2...

Multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging mpMRI is an investigation to diagnose an early prostat...

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Learning objectives To understand: The relationship of anatomical structure and biochemical • f...

Liver function tests These will be abnormal if there is extensive metastatic invasion of the li...

Lower urinary tract symptoms In both sexes, non-specific symptoms of bladder dysfunction become m...

General blood tests These are normal in early disease but, in metastatic disease, there may be le...

General complications Death occurs in about 0.2–0.3% of men undergoing elective prostatectomy . ...

Histological appearances The prostate is a glandular structure consisting of ducts and acini; th...

Examination of urine The urine is examined for glucose, leukocyte esterase and blood; a midstream...

FURTHER READING Mundy AR, Fitzpatrick J, Neal DE, George NJ (eds). The scientific basis of urolog...

Flow rate measurement For this to be meaningful, two or three voids should be recorded using a sp...

Effects of benign prostatic hyperplasia It is important to realise that the relationship between ...