[Morphometry of the prostate in Black Africans. Apropos of 300 cases]

Sus-pubic route real time echographic, has allowed to determinate prostatic dimensions (antero-posterior, diameter, APD; mean transversal diameter: MID, cranio candal length CCL) volume and weight in the Black African on 300 subjects. The mean values of these parameter do not differ from European an American values. They increase progressively with age. They are higher in subjects presenting with history of affection of the urinary tract (especially gonococcus urethritis).