title: Significance of CT-scan-detected seminal vesicle enlargement in prostate cancer. A pilot study.
abstract: The significance of CT-scan-detected seminal vesicle enlargement was investigated by correlating preoperative CT scans and pathologic findings for 25 patients undergoing radical prostatectomy. Seminal vesicle size was found to be a poor predictor of pathologic involvement when compared with tumor differentiation and obliteration of seminal vesicle angle.
authors.affiliation: Division of Radiation Oncology, University of Virginia Health Sciences Center, Charlottesville.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Larner
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gay
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Grizos
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Fortier
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Malcom
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D011468:Prostatectomy; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology; D012669:Seminal Vesicles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed