title: Case report: uneventful treatment of a giant prostate.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Redefine the meaning of the old term "giant adenoma" and evaluate the diagnosis and safest method of treatment of such cases.
  
  
  METHODS
  The world literature was reviewed, particularly concerning diagnostic approaches and therapeutic techniques.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The open surgery technique appears to be the safest in the treatment of giant adenoma.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  We recommend further study of the factors affecting growth of giant prostatic adenoma.
authors.affiliation: Istituto di Chirurgia Generale e dei Trapianti di Organo, Scuola di Specializzazione in Urologia, Università di Pavia, Italy.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: La Marca
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Orlando
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Jallous
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Remotti
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Marandola
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011470:Prostatic Hyperplasia / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*