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Transrectal ultrasound appearance of squamous cell carcinoma involving the prostate
1Section of Urology, Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA. mkt@icon.palo-alto.med.va.gov
Urologia Internationalis
|December 11, 1999
Abstract
Purpose:
This report describes the transrectal ultrasound appearance of squamous cell carcinoma of the prostate.
Case Reports:
One case of squamous cell carcinoma involving the prostate by extension from a primary urethral carcinoma and a second case of radiation-induced primary prostatic squamous cell carcinoma are presented and the ultrasound findings discussed.
Conclusions:
In these 2 cases, squamous cell carcinomas involving the prostate exhibited similar transrectal ultrasound appearances. Both lesions demonstrated an irregular, anterior, relatively hyperechoic appearance.