Transperineal biopsy of the prostate in a patient post abdominoperineal resection

Amer Amin; Alexandar Blazevski; Matthijs Scheltema; Phillip Stricker

Urology Case Reports (Jan 2020)

Transperineal biopsy of the prostate in a patient post abdominoperineal resection

Amer Amin,
Alexandar Blazevski,
Matthijs Scheltema,
Phillip Stricker

Affiliations

Amer Amin: St Vincent's Prostate Cancer Centre, Sydney, Australia; School of Medicine, UNSW, Sydney, Australia; Garvan Institute of Medical Research, The Kinghorn Cancer Centre, Sydney, Australia; Corresponding author. Level 6, Kinghorn Cancer Centre, Garvan Institute of Medical Research, 384 Victoria Street, Darlinghurst, NSW, 2010, Australia.
Alexandar Blazevski: St Vincent's Prostate Cancer Centre, Sydney, Australia; School of Medicine, UNSW, Sydney, Australia; Garvan Institute of Medical Research, The Kinghorn Cancer Centre, Sydney, Australia
Matthijs Scheltema: Garvan Institute of Medical Research, The Kinghorn Cancer Centre, Sydney, Australia; Department of Urology, Amsterdam University Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Phillip Stricker: St Vincent's Prostate Cancer Centre, Sydney, Australia; School of Medicine, UNSW, Sydney, Australia; Garvan Institute of Medical Research, The Kinghorn Cancer Centre, Sydney, Australia; Corresponding author. St Vincent's Prostate Cancer Centre, Sydney, Australia.

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 28

Abstract

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A 75-year-old man with a background history of total colectomy (including the distal rectum anal canal), has a suspicion of prostate cancer based on an elevated PSA and high risk features on multiparametric MRI. Here we describe the case in detail including the technique utilized to obtain prostate biopsy cores. Keywords: Transperineal biopsy, Multiparametric MRI (mpMRI), Prostate cancer, Abdominoperineal resection

Published in Urology Case Reports

ISSN: 2214-4420 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: Netherlands
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the genitourinary system. Urology
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