title: [Relationship between PTH and PSA values in patients with pathological finding of benign prostatic hyperplasia].
abstract: The functional relationship between parathyroid glands and prostatic gland is commonly very well known. The aim of our study was to investigate the relationship between serum levels of PTH and serum levels of PSA in patients with pathological finding of BPH. According to 261 transrectal ultrasound-guided prostatic biopsies performed from March 2009 to March 2010, 75 patients, responding to our inclusion criteria, were selected. 26 patients (34.6%) ended the study. All patients with high serum levels of PSA (>4 ng/mL), with histological diagnosis of benign prostatic hyperplasia, underwent the assay of serum levels of PTH. We observed high levels of PTH (> 66 pg/mL) in 9 patients (35.2%).
authors.affiliation: Cattedra di Urologia, Università degli Studi di Palermo, Palermo, Italy. salvo.romeo@yahoo.it
authors.forename: Salvatore
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Romeo
authors.forename: Giancarlo
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Napoli
authors.forename: Guglielmo
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Melloni
authors.forename: Nino
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Dispensa
authors.forename: Darwin
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Melloni
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000375:Aging / Q000378:metabolism; D001706:Biopsy; D002112:Calcifediol / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010281:Parathyroid Hormone / Q000097:blood*; D011467:Prostate / Q000473:pathology; D017430:Prostate-Specific Antigen / Q000097:blood*; D011470:Prostatic Hyperplasia / Q000097:blood* / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D010281:Parathyroid Hormone; D017430:Prostate-Specific Antigen; D002112:Calcifediol