title: [Alternative for ultrasonographic assessment: role of magnetic resonance with endorectal coil for prostate and seminal vesicle biopsy].
abstract: The early enthusiasm for widespread application of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) with endorectal coil to clinical staging of prostatic cancer has not been substantiated to result in enhanced stage assignment primarily due to the lack of predictive value in the detection of extraprostatic extension. The authors report their experience of this imaging modality both for the evaluation of seminal vesicles invasion and as a guide for rebiopsy in men with suspicious prostate specific antigen (PSA) and a prior negative prostatic mapping.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Chirurgia, Servizio Ospedaliero di Urologia Universitaria 2, Pisa.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Giannotti
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: De Maria
authors.forename: M G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Cuttano
mesh_terms: D001706:Biopsy / Q000379:methods; D005834:Genital Neoplasms, Male / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000295:instrumentation; D008297:Male; D011467:Prostate / Q000473:pathology*; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D012669:Seminal Vesicles / Q000473:pathology*
vernacular_title: Oltre l'esame ecografico: il ruolo della risonanza magnetica con bobina endorettale per la biopsia della prostata e delle vescicole seminali.