prostate nodule/nodular prostate

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Introduction

see benign prostatic hyperplasia

Management

* criteria for urology referral without prostate nodule: free PSA < 25% with total serum PSA 4.0-10 ng/mL[2]

More general terms

Additional terms

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Geriatric Review Syllabus, 8th edition (GRS8) Durso SC and Sullivan GN (eds) American Geriatrics Society, 2013
  2. 2.0 2.1 Catalona WJ, Partin AW, Slawin KM, Brawer MK, Flanigan RC, Patel A, Richie JP, deKernion JB, Walsh PC, Scardino PT, Lange PH, Subong EN, Parson RE, Gasior GH, Loveland KG, Southwick PC. Use of the percentage of free prostate-specific antigen to enhance differentiation of prostate cancer from benign prostatic disease: a prospective multicenter clinical trial. JAMA. 1998 May 20;279(19):1542-7. PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9605898