Abstract
Fifty-two patients with clinical stage A and B carcinomas of the prostate were imaged by ultrasound (US) transrectally with a 5-MHz linear array transducer and transabdominally with a 3-MHz sector scanner prior to radical prostatectomy. The fresh specimens of 44 prostate glands were scanned in a water bath with a 5-MHz linear array transducer in multiple planes. In all cases, histopathologic correlation was obtained. Prostatic carcinoma presented as an echopenic lesion in 54% of the specimens, as a slightly hypoechoic area in 22%, and could not be identified in 24% because of its isoechoic characteristics. In contrast to many previous reports, no instance of echogenic cancer was observed.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 97-102 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | RADIOLOGY |
Volume | 158 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 1986 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging