title: Rectal obstruction by prostatic carcinoma: diagnosis by computerized tomography scan.
abstract: We report 3 cases of rectal obstruction from locally invasive prostatic carcinoma. The importance and difficulty of differentiating primary prostatic cancer from rectal cancer in this circumstance are stressed, and the usefulness of computerized tomography is discussed.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D012002:Rectal Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed