CT-PLANNED transperineal prostate BIOPSY IN patients without a rectum

Gregory S. Merrick; Brian Kurko; Whitney Scholl; Wayne M. Butler; Edward Adamovich

Urology Case Reports (Nov 2020)

CT-PLANNED transperineal prostate BIOPSY IN patients without a rectum

Gregory S. Merrick,
Brian Kurko,
Whitney Scholl,
Wayne M. Butler,
Edward Adamovich

Affiliations

Gregory S. Merrick: Schiffler Cancer Center, Urologic Research Institute, 1 Medical Park, Wheeling, WV, 26003, USA; Department of Urology, Wheeling Hospital, 1 Medical Park, Wheeling, WV, 26003, USA; Corresponding author. Schiffler Cancer Center, Wheeling Hospital, 1 Medical Park, Wheeling, WV, 26003, USA.
Brian Kurko: Schiffler Cancer Center, Urologic Research Institute, 1 Medical Park, Wheeling, WV, 26003, USA
Whitney Scholl: Schiffler Cancer Center, Urologic Research Institute, 1 Medical Park, Wheeling, WV, 26003, USA
Wayne M. Butler: Schiffler Cancer Center, Urologic Research Institute, 1 Medical Park, Wheeling, WV, 26003, USA
Edward Adamovich: Department of Pathology, Wheeling Hospital, 1 Medical Park, Wheeling, WV, 26003, USA

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 33
p. 101409

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A patient at risk of harboring prostate cancer with a history of ulcerative colitis surgically managed with total colectomy (including the distal rectum and anal canal) underwent CT-planned transperineal prostate biopsy with fluoroscopic guidance. We describe the planning and intraoperative technique to obtain prostate biopsy cores.

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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