Severe prostatic calcification after radiation therapy for cancer.
Severe symptomatic prostatic calcification was seen in 3 patients who had carcinoma of the prostate treated initially with transurethral resection, followed in 2 to 4 weeks by definitive radiation therapy. This complication is probably preventable if an interval of 6 weeks is allowed between transurethral resection of the prostate and radiation therapy.
D000368:Aged; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011469:Prostatic Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy* / Q000601:surgery; D011859:Radiography; D011878:Radiotherapy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D013997:Time Factors