title: Giant Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia in a Pakistani Patient.
abstract: "Giant hyperplasia" of the prostate is a rare pathology of the prostate gland. We report one such case, in which a successful retropubic prostatectomy was performed on an elderly male patient in Pakistan. The weight of the resected prostate was 700 g, which is the eighth largest prostate with benign prostatic hyperplasia reported.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology and Transplantation, Shaikh Zayed Hospital, Lahore, Pakistan.
authors.forename: Zafaruddin
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Khan
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology and Transplantation, Shaikh Zayed Hospital, Lahore, Pakistan.
authors.forename: Muzamil
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tahir
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology and Transplantation, Shaikh Zayed Hospital, Lahore, Pakistan.
authors.forename: H Shahzad
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Ashraf
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology and Transplantation, Shaikh Zayed Hospital, Lahore, Pakistan.
authors.forename: FazaluRehman
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Khan Niazi
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology and Transplantation, Shaikh Zayed Hospital, Lahore, Pakistan.
authors.forename: Munazza
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Khan
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, MedStar Union Memorial Hospital, MD, USA.
authors.forename: Sadaf
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mustafa
authors.affiliation: Brady Urological Institute, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
authors.forename: Naseruddin
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Höti
keywords: Giant BPH; Prostate; Prostatectomy