Focal prostatic atrophy: Mimicry of prostatic cancer on TRUS and 3D-MRSI studies

Abdominal Imaging

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 271-275

  Prando, Adilson ^a   Billis, Athanase ^b  

^a HOSPITAL VERA CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology School of Medicine Universida de Estadual de Campinas   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Abnormalities prostate; Atrophy prostate; MRSI prostate; Prostate; Ultrasound prostate

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FOCAL PROSTATIC ATROPHY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; PATHOLOGIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE BIOPSY; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATE DISEASE; PROSTATITIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; TRANSRECTAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ATROPHY; BIOPSY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MALE; PROSTATE; PROSTATE-SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RECTUM; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 64749100633     PISSN: 09428925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00261-008-9382-x     Document Type: Article

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