[Transrectal prostatic sonography (TPS)].
A new imaging method of the prostate is described. After the introduction of a sonographic transducer into the rectum, the prostate, the urinary bladder and the seminal vesicles are scanned. Typical transverse sonograms of benign hypertrophy, abscess, calculous disease and carcinomas are presented. The value of this method and its indications are discussed.
D000038:Abscess / Q000175:diagnosis; D002137:Calculi / Q000175:diagnosis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011469:Prostatic Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D011470:Prostatic Hyperplasia / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014465:Ultrasonics / Q000295:instrumentation; D014463:Ultrasonography
Die transrektale Prostatasonographie (TPS).