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- Title
Computer-Assisted Quantitative Assessment of Prostatic Calcifications in Patients with Chronic Prostatitis.
- Authors
Boltri, Matteo; Magri, Vittorio; Montanari, Emanuele; Perletti, Gianpaolo; Trinchieri, Alberto
- Abstract
<bold><italic>Background:</italic></bold> The aim of this study was the development of quantitative assessment of prostatic calcifications at prostatic ultrasound examination by the use of an image analyzer. <bold><italic>Materials and Methods:</italic></bold> A group of 82 patients was evaluated by medical history, physical, and transrectal ultrasound examination. Patients had a urethral swab, a 4-specimen study and culture of the seminal fluid. Patients were classified according to National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases/National Institutes of Health. Subjective symptoms were scored by Chronic Prostatitis Symptom Index (CPSI) questionnaire. Ultrasound images were analyzed by the digital processing software Image J to quantitatively assess the presence of calcifications. <bold><italic>Results:</italic></bold> Computer-assessed calcified areas were significantly higher in chronic bacterial prostatitis (<italic>n</italic> = 18; group II; 6.76 ± 8.09%) than in the chronic pelvic pain syndrome group IIIa (<italic>n</italic> = 26; 2.07 ± 1.01%) and IIIb (<italic>n</italic> = 38; 2.31 ± 2.18%). The area of calcification of the prostate was significantly related to the CPSI score for domains of micturition (<italic>r</italic> = 0.278, <italic>p</italic> = 0.023), Prostatic Specific Antigen values (<italic>r</italic> = 0341, <italic>p</italic> = 0.005), postvoiding residual urine (<italic>r</italic> = 0.262, <italic>p</italic> = 0.032), total prostate volume (<italic>r</italic> = 0.592, <italic>p</italic> = 0.000), and adenoma volume (<italic>r</italic> = 0.593; <italic>p</italic> = 0.000).<bold><italic> Conclusions:</italic></bold> The presence of calcifications is more frequently observed in patients with chronic bacterial prostatitis and is related to urinary symptoms.
- Subjects
HEALTH outcome assessment; CALCIFICATION; BIOMINERALIZATION; CALCINOSIS; ULTRASONIC imaging
- Publication
Urologia Internationalis, 2018, Vol 100, Issue 4, p450
- ISSN
0042-1138
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1159/000486346