title: Hematospermia--the added value of transrectal ultrasound to clinical evaluation: is transrectal ultrasound necessary for evaluation of hematospermia?
abstract: Hematospermia is usually caused by nonspecific inflammation of the prostate and seminal vesicles. Transrectal ultrasound (TRUS) is a safe and inexpensive modality for evaluating patients with hematospermia. The aim of this study is to describe the findings of TRUS and its contribution to patients' management. A total of 115 consecutive patients presented with hematospermia and evaluated with TRUS between 2006 and 2012. All patients exhibited an abnormality in the TRUS examination. A 12-core TRUS-guided biopsy of the prostate was taken from 10 patients, but none of these samples were positive for tumor. In the vast majority of cases, a benign cause can be identified using TRUS. These causes usually do not require treatment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel; Sackler School of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel.
authors.forename: Gil
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Raviv
authors.forename: Menachem
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Laufer
authors.forename: Haifler
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Miki
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D051516:Hemospermia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011467:Prostate / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D011470:Prostatic Hyperplasia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000201:enzymology; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000453:epidemiology; D012669:Seminal Vesicles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D014463:Ultrasonography / Q000379:methods
keywords: Hematospermia; Prostate; Seminal vesicle; Transrectal ultrasound