title: Is intravenous urography still used in patients with prostatism?
abstract: The value of intravenous urography in patients with prostatism was retrospectively evaluated. One thousand four hundred ninety five intravenous urograms of male patients referred by the department of urology were reviewed. Based on the clinical information, only patients with complaints of prostatism as a single symptom were selected. Patients with associated symptoms (i.e. hematuria, urinary infection) were excluded. Forty seven patients could be included based on these criteria. In 29 of 47 cases (61.7%) no abnormalities were found. Abnormalities found in 18 cases included dilatation of the excretory system, urinary calculi, congenital anomaly, acquired small kidney, renal cysts and retroperitoneal fibrosis. In 5 cases (10.1%) the intravenous urography necessitated further treatment and/or follow up. In 3.1% prostatism was the indication for the examination. The number of relevant abnormalities at intravenous urography performed for prostatism is low and this is in accordance with results reported in literature. These results provide further evidence for the continuously changing indications for intravenous urography.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, University Hospitals, Leuven, Belgium.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Boelaert
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Oyen
authors.forename: A L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Baert
authors.forename: L V
authors.initials: LV
authors.lastname: Baert
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D004108:Dilatation, Pathologic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007275:Injections, Intravenous; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D052177:Kidney Diseases, Cystic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011470:Prostatic Hyperplasia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D012185:Retroperitoneal Fibrosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014545:Urinary Calculi / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014551:Urinary Tract / Q000002:abnormalities; D014567:Urography / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D014570:Urologic Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging