Prostate Flashcards
BPH arises from which zone?
Transitional zone
Prostate cancer arises from which zone?
Peripheral zone
Family hx and prostate cancer risk?
Doubled risk if one first degree relative
Quadrupled risk if two first degree relatives
Other conditions, which might raise PSA?
BPH Prostatitis/UTIs Retention Catheterisation DRE
Risks of transrectal USS guided biopsy
Sepsis (0.5% risk)
Rectal bleeding (0.5% risk)
Fainting
Haematospermia and haematuria for 2-3 weeks after
What type of cancer are prostate cancers?
Adenocarcinoma
Sources of tesosterone
Testis (90%)
Adrenal
Ix for bladder cancer?
Do cystoscopy
Excretory urography needed for diagnosis
Cancer of the renal pelvis
Transitional cell carcinoma
Cancer of the renal parenchyma
Renal cell carcinoma
Ix of renal tumours
US
CT - triple phase contrast enhanced!!!
MRI (tumour vs haemorrhage)
What does hounsfield <10 mean?
means it is fat
hounsfield is MRI measurement
What is hunderlichs syndrome?
Spontaneous non-traumatic haemorrhage confined to subcapsular and perirenal space
What does an oncocytoma look like on CT?
Central scar
What staging system is used for renal cell carcinoma?
Robson