A new and unique ultrasound system has been developed based on advances in transducer material technology permitting the use of same piezoceramic element to be used for conventional pulse echo ultrasound imaging as well as continuous wave high intensity focused ultrasound for tissue ablation. This intracavity device is presently used for prostate tissue ablation. Ultrasound visualization of the...

Metastasis to the prostate gland from gastric cancer is exceedingly rare. We have presented a rare case of gastric malignancy metastasizing to the prostate diagnosed by transrectal ultrasound guided prostate biopsy.

texts, aimed at radiology and urology residents. This book certainly is pleasingly modern and is prolifically illustrated with generally good quality images of virtually all modalities including MRI and transrectal ultrasound scans. The only weaknesses here are the poor quality of some of the transabdominal ultrasound images and the deliberately brief coverage of nuclear medicine studies which ...

AIM To explore the potential of transrectal magnetic resonance image- (MRI-) guided biopsies of the prostate in a patient cohort with prior negative ultrasound guided biopsies. PATIENTS AND METHODS Ninety-six men with suspected prostate cancer underwent MRI-guided prostate biopsies under real-time imaging control in supine position. RESULTS Adenocarcinoma of the prostate was detected in 39 ...

Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in men, excluding skin cancer. Globally, it is the sixth leading cause of cancer-related death in men, and the second one in the United States 1. Rates of prostate cancer detection vary widely across the world, but the highest rates occur in the developed countries. Since the introduction of the prostate-specific antigen (PSA) as screening method, the e...

A 67 year-old male with poorly controlled diabetes and persistent leukocytosis despite appropriate antibiotic treatment for pneumonia underwent computer-tomography (CT) scanning to evaluate for additional sources of infection. He was noted to have a 3.5 centimeter rim enhancing fluid collection at the level of his bulbar urethra (Figure-1, Panel A, B, C). Upon questioning, the patient recalled ...

Introduction Prostate biopsy is commonly performed using a transrectal ultrasound probe through or transperineal approach. However, this not possible for patients without rectum. Case presentation A 75‐year‐old male was referred to our hospital because of an elevated prostate‐specific antigen and suspicious prostate lesion (PIRADS 5) in the left peripheral zone. The patient had previously under...

Cryotherapy is a treatment modality that uses a technique to selectively freeze tissue and thereby cause controlled tissue destruction. The procedure involves placement of multiple small diameter probes through the perineum into the prostate tissue at selected spatial intervals. Transrectal ultrasound is used to properly position the cylindrical probes before activation of the liquid Argon cool...

OBJECTIVE To compare the diagnostic performance of six different approaches for assessing myometrial infiltration using ultrasound in women with carcinoma of the corpus uteri. METHODS Myometrial infiltration was assessed by two-dimensional (2D) transvaginal or transrectal ultrasound in 169 consecutive women with well (G1) or moderately (G2) differentiated endometrioid type endometrial carcino...