AbstractBackground: Prostatism is a syndrome associated with outlet obstruction at the bladder neck and the commonest cause is benign prostatic hypertrophy. If left untreated, prostatism progresses in severity over time.
Aims and Objective: To study USG findings of patients with prostatism and comparing with the biopsy report.
Materials and Methods: Hundred cases of prostatism attending surgery outpatient department of School of Medical Sciences & Research, Sharda University Greater Noida, from January 2016 to January 2018 were studied. USG was done in all the patients. Reported complications were also recorded for all the patients.
Results: Out of 93 patients of prostatomegaly, 96.78% benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), 1.07% of prostate cancer, 1.07% of Atypia and 1.07% of inconclusive/failure of procedure cases showed prostatomegaly. Out of 7 prostatomegaly with altered echo cases, 42.86% and 57.14% cases were of BPH and Ca prostate respectively.
Conclusion: The Ultrasonography provides information about size of prostate, post-void urine volume and hypo echoic lesions in prostate suggestive of malignancy of prostate. It was efficient than DRE for diagnosis of prostate cancer.