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...

OBJECTIVES To observe the phenomenon of human ejaculation dynamically using color Doppler ultrasonography. METHODS Human ejaculation was observed using transrectal color Doppler ultrasonography in a healthy man and a patient with retrograde ejaculation. Ejaculation was induced manually with audiovisual sexual stimulation. The ejaculatory phenomenon was analyzed and compared with that of retro...

Received December 2009 Accepted February 2010 INTRODUCTION Prostatic cysts are rare entities, usually asymptomatic, and detected incidentally during transrectal or abdominal ultrasonography. Mostly, they originate from the posterior area of the prostate, such as the mullerian ducts and utricle, as an embryological remnant.(1) Symptomatic prostatic cysts usually present with recurrent urinary tr...

We currently treat prostatic abscess with minimally invasive methods, most frequently with transurethral (TURP) or transrectal drainage under visual control with TRUS. We present an example of prostatic abscess drainage by percutaneous and transvesical means under the control of ultrasonography (USG). With a 9F single-stage drainage kit, the prostatic abscess was punctured through the abdominal...

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...