[Suprapubic echography in the diagnosis of benign hyperplasia and cancer of the prostate. A controlled study of 108 cases].

One hundred and eight patients presenting clinical symptoms of prostatic disease have been studied by suprapubic echography, with comparison of clinical and echographical diagnoses with the results shown by histological examination. The authors found the diagnosis by echography to be quite precise, not significantly differing from the results given by histological examination, in contrast to those diagnoses based on clinical examination. Describing the echographic pictures found in benign hypertrophy of the prostate of which a previously uninterpreted nodular picture is resorted (intra- and extra-capsular neoplasms and chronic prostatis) the authors conclude by proposing suprapubic echography as an initial instrumental approach in the diagnosis of prostatic diseases.