title: Imaging of the prostate. Benign prostatic hyperplasia.
abstract: Imaging studies of the prostate and urinary tract in patients with BPH include ultrasonography, intravenous urography, urethrography, CT scans, and MR imaging. Ultrasound can assess for upper tract changes, determine post void residuals, estimate prostatic volume, and demonstrate zonal anatomy and internal changes within the prostate. Intravenous urography is indicated for patients with hematuria, urinary tract stones, and other atypical histories. Urethrography provides information in the post prostatectomy patients with residual symptoms. CT scans and MR imaging are expensive and have no routine use in evaluating patients with BPH.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
authors.forename: E M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Scheckowitz
authors.forename: M I
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: Resnick
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D011467:Prostate / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000473:pathology; D011470:Prostatic Hyperplasia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography; D014567:Urography