title: [Benign prostatic hyperplasia: background and diagnosis].
abstract: Lower UrinaryTracts Symptoms (LUTS) due to Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH) represent an increasing prevalent condition in ageing men. Patients often seek primarily consultation at their general practitioner. Aetiology and natural history of LUTS due to BPH have not been completely clarified. The development of symptomatic LUTS is age-dependent and determined to varying degrees by the presence of Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH), Benign Prostatic Enlargement (BPE) as well as Bladder Outlet Obstruction (BOO). A causal relationship does not always exist. Basis for a specific medical or surgical treatment in the individual patient with LUTS due to BPH is an exact diagnosis by the practising urologist.
authors.affiliation: Klinik und Poliklinik für Urologie, Klinikum Grosshadern, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München. christian.gratzke@med.uni-muenchen.de
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Gratzke
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Schlenker
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Weidlich
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Seitz
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Reich
authors.forename: C G
authors.initials: CG
authors.lastname: Stief
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000465:Algorithms; D003558:Cystoscopy; D005194:Family Practice; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015337:Multicenter Studies as Topic; D011470:Prostatic Hyperplasia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D053448:Prostatism / Q000175:diagnosis*; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; D012307:Risk Factors; D014463:Ultrasonography; D014563:Urodynamics