Abstract |
An interventional technique using a transrectal real-time linear scanner has been applied to the transperineal puncture of the seminal vesicles in 143 patients. The composition of this group was as follows: seminal vesiculitis, 98; hemospermia, 20; and prostatic cancer, 25. The aspiration of fluid and the injection of antibiotics and/or steroid drugs into the vesicles were performed for the diagnosis and treatment of seminal vesiculitis and hemospermia. Clinical symptoms improved in 62% of the former and in 50% of the latter cases. Cancer cells were detected in aspirated vesicular fluid in 7 out of 17 cases with prostatic cancer. A remarkable improvement in the diagnosis of prostatic cancer invasion into the seminal vesicles can be expected from this new diagnostic procedure.
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Authors | M Abe, H Watanabe, M Kojima, M Saitoh, H Ohe |
Journal | Journal of clinical ultrasound : JCU
(J Clin Ultrasound)
1989 Mar-Apr
Vol. 17
Issue 3
Pg. 173-8
ISSN: 0091-2751 [Print] United States |
PMID | 2494227
(Publication Type: Comparative Study, Journal Article)
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Chemical References |
- Anti-Bacterial Agents
- Glucocorticoids
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Topics |
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Anti-Bacterial Agents
(therapeutic use)
- Equipment Design
- Glucocorticoids
(therapeutic use)
- Humans
- Inflammation
(diagnosis, drug therapy, pathology)
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Palpation
- Prostatic Neoplasms
(diagnosis, pathology)
- Punctures
(instrumentation)
- Semen
(pathology)
- Seminal Vesicles
(pathology)
- Ultrasonography
(methods)
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