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PROSTATE PATHOLOGY BENIGN PROSTATIC HYPERTROPHY
• THE BENIGN ENLARGEMENT OF THE PROSTATE GLAND IS TERMED BENIGN PROSTATIC HYPERTROPHY (BPH).
• BPH MOST OFTEN IS LOCATED WITHIN THE TRANSITIONAL ZONE. • AN ENLARGED PROSTATE CAN OBSTRUCT THE FLOW OF URINE
THROUGH THE URETHRA.
• SYMPTOMS OF BPH INCLUDE NOCTURIA, INCREASED URINARY FREQUENCY, A SENSE OF URINARY URGENCY, AND A CONSTANT FEELING OF HAVING A FULL BLADDER.
• PATIENTS WILL ALSO HAVE AN ELEVATED PSA.
• SONOGRAPHICALLY, BPH WILL SHOW AN ENLARGEMENT OF THE INNER GLAND, AND IT CAN LEAD TO HYPOECHOIC AREAS WITHIN THE PROSTATE, CALCIFICATIONS, INHOMOGENEITY, AND CYSTIC CHANGES.
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