Objective: To determine the sensitivity and specificity of detecting prostate cancer by TRUS when compared to histopathology report. Subjects and Methods: This cross-sectional analytical study was carried out within six months from October 2010 to March 2011 in the Department of Radiology/Histopathology, Shaikh Zayed Hospital Lahore. One hundred and ten patients, age above 40 years having abnor...

OBJECTIVE: To determine the role of transrectal ultrasound, especially in association with color Doppler, in the diagnosis of prostate cancer. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Eighty-four cases of patients who underwent transrectal biopsy were prospectively analyzed. In all patients, besides the traditional gray-scale sonogram, color Doppler study was performed in search of hypervascular foci. The result...

INTRODUCTION Primary tumors of seminal vesicles are rare and only a few cases have been reported. Diagnosis is difficult due to the absence of early clinical signs. Prognosis is generally poor. CASE PRESENTATION We present the case of a 70-year-old Caucasian man with a seminal vesicle mass and concomitant lymph node metastasis detected by computed tomography and body positron emission tomogra...

OBJECTIVE To report on the use of automated image analysis in the interpretation of transrectal ultrasonographic images of the prostate. PATIENTS AND METHODS During transrectal ultrasonography, images were recorded from biopsies performed in 127 patients. Subsequently in the image, the puncture place was marked and analysed. Analysis of the images was performed with the Automated Urologic Dia...