Page 47 - SONO 260 Chapter 13 The Male Pelvis

PROSTATE PATHOLOGY PROSTATE CANCER
• THE MOST COMMON LOCATION FOR PROSTATE CANCER TO OCCUR IS WITHIN THE PERIPHERAL ZONE.
• IT MAY PRODUCE AREAS OF HYPERVASCULARITY AND IT CAN HAVE VARIABLE SONOGRAPHIC APPEARANCES.
• MOST PROSTATE CANCERS WILL APPEAR HYPOECHOIC TO NORMAL ADJACENT PROSTATIC TISSUE.
• IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THE SONOGRAPHIC APPEARANCE OF PROSTATIC CANCER CAN MIMIC NORMAL ANATOMY, PROSTATITIS, AND BENIGN PROSTATIC HYPERTROPHY.
• EXPERIENCE IS NEEDED TO PERFORM THESE PROCEDURES CORRECTLY.
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