Prostatic ultrasonography: a useful technique?
Two hundred and forty-four transrectal prostatic ultrasonograms have been reviewed and the findings compared with the final pathological or clinical diagnosis. A high degree of accuracy was achieved in diagnosing benign prostatic hyperplasia. Ultrasonography proved invaluable in staging proven prostatic carcinomas but it was disappointing as a primary diagnostic tool for cancer, with false positive and negatives rates of 12 and 31% respectively. These findings are discussed in the light of other workers' results. Further applications for prostatic ultrasonography are outlined.
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Gingell
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D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D011469:Prostatic Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011470:Prostatic Hyperplasia / Q000175:diagnosis; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D011472:Prostatitis / Q000175:diagnosis; D014463:Ultrasonography