Page 43 - SONO 260 Chapter 13 The Male Pelvis

SONOGRAPHY OF THE PROSTATE GLAND AND SEMINAL VESICLES
• THE PROSTATE CAN BE IMAGED TRANSABDOMINALLY OR TRANSRECTALLY.
• TRANSABDOMINAL IMAGING IS USEFUL FOR MEASURING THE OVERALL SIZE OF THE PROSTATE, WHILE TRANSRECTAL IMAGING IS USED FOR BIOPSIES AND PROVIDES SUPERIOR RESOLUTION.
• THE PATIENT IS TYPICALLY PLACED IN THE LEFT LATERAL DECUBITUS POSITION WITH THE KNEES FLEXED TOWARD THE CHEST DURING TRANSRECTAL IMAGING OF THE PROSTATE.
• THE PROSTATE AND SEMINAL VESICLES ARE EXAMINED IN BOTH CORONAL AND SAGITTAL PLANES.
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