Abstract
The authors report their experience with color Doppler (CD), associated with endorectal US in the study of prostatic diseases. They examined 35 patients with benign prostatic hyperplasia, 27 with prostatitis, 21 with prostatic carcinoma and 5 young healthy volunteers. In the 35 cases of benign prostatic hyperplasia, CD proved to be of limited usefulness, although ruling out concurrent, inflammatory or neoplastic disease. In the 27 cases of prostatitis, CD proved to be particulary useful in acute or chronic recurrent cases. In those cases the method showed marked color increase at the periurethral site or in the area close to the seminal vesicles, also allowing follow-up after therapy. In the 21 patients with prostatic carcinoma, CD allowed the demonstration of 2 tumours that were isoechoic at endorectal US with grey scale. In both cases it was possible to make a “color guided” biopsy.
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