OBJECTIVE Laparoscopic simple prostatectomy for large volume benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) has been reported in the literature and may be a viable alternative to open surgery for large prostate glands. While previous publications have shown comparable outcomes between laparoscopic and open simple prostatectomy, there have been few publications describing improved laparoscopic operative tec...

Tissue obtained from 55 men with prostatic disease was assayed for estrogen and androgen receptors by a newly developed histochemical technique. The material studied consisted of 45 specimens of benign nodular prostatic hyperplasia and 10 specimens of prostatic adenocarcinoma. The results obtained were compared to those of parallel biochemical assays in 17 cases and successfully correlated in 8...

A protein series common to the urine and prostatic tissue of 16 of 17 patients with prostatic adenocarcinoma has been identified by high-resolution two-dimensional gel electrophoresis. These proteins, designated PCA-1, have a relative molecular mass in sodium dodecyl sulfate of about 40000. Analyses of urines from eight age-matched controls, seven patients with other ty pes of urogenital malign...

OBJECTIVES To review the few published cases of prostatic calculi, a rare condition in children, and to report three further cases. METHODS The databases PUBMED and HINARI were searched using the keywords 'childhood' and 'prostatic calculi'; the search included reports from 1956 to the present. Further cases from three families with children having prostatic calculi are reported here. RESUL...

Old intact male dogs are often predisposed to benign prostatic hyperplasia. Both hypertrophy and hyperplasia of prostate gland occur due to hormonal influences. Clinical signs such as haematuria, stranguria and tenesmus are often associated with benign prostatic hyperplasia. A seven year-old local breed intact male dog was presented with a primary complaint of haematuria and stranguria. Diagnos...

Mucinous adenocarcinoma of the prostate is rare and its biological behavior is not well known. We report a case of mucinous adenocarcinoma of the prostate, which was treated successfully with castration. Positivity for prostatic specific antigen by immunohistochemistry confirmed the prostatic origin of this tumor. A review of the literature revealed 30 authentic cases. Prostatic mucinous adenoc...

Dystrophic calcifications have been detected in the prostatic fossa, especially after de-obstructing procedures or radiotherapy for prostate cancer. These calcifications can be recalcitrant in patients with poor tissue healing. Hyperbaric Oxygen (HBO) therapy has multiple applications in urology but has not been reported as a treatment of recalcitrant dystrophic calcifications of the prostatic ...

We report a case of prostatic cystadenoma. A 81-year-old man visited our hospital with the chief complaint of urinary difficulty. RUG and DIP showed bladder and prostatic urethra deviated to the left side. TRUS, CT and MRI revealed multilocular cyst in the pelvic cavity. Resection of the cystic wall was performed under the diagnosis of pelvic cyst. The cysts were originated from the right side ...

Hexosaminidase activity in prostatic tissue has been compared in 15 patients with benign prostatic hyperplasia and 15 patients with prostatic carcinoma. The ratio of enzymatic activity for the two substrates tested (p-nitrophenyl-2-acetamido-2-deoxy-beta-D-glucopyranoside and p-nitrophenyl-2-acetamido-2-deoxy-beta-D-galactopyranoside) was not significantly different in the two groups of patient...

BACKGROUND Prostatic adenocarcinoma is the most prevalent cancer and the second cause of cancer-related death among men. Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) considered as a preventable risk factor for prostatic adenocarcinoma. In this study, we detected the frequency of HPV infection in prostatic adenocarcinoma and benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) in Isfahan. MATERIALS AND METHODS In this study, 12...