title: [Endorectal ultrasound of the prostate].
abstract: The authors present their results in a group of 112 patients studied by transrectal ultrasound and prostate biopsies. The study was performed in Panama at the Urologic and Ultrasound Clinic of the Consultorios Médicos Paitilla in a period of 9 months. Histologic confirmation was obtained for all patients. 29 prostate cancers were diagnosed, 9 foci of dysplasia, 6 foci of inflammation and 68 benign prostatic hyperplasia. No serious complications were reported in this study. Some technical aspects of the procedure are presented.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Radiología, Complejo Hospitalario Arnulfo Arias Madrid, Caja de Seguro Social.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Chanis
authors.forename: G D
authors.initials: GD
authors.lastname: Chanis
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011467:Prostate / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D011470:Prostatic Hyperplasia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D011472:Prostatitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D012007:Rectum; D014463:Ultrasonography / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods