Abstract
Giant benign prostatic hyperplasia is a rare pathology of the prostate gland. Here we report the successful removal of the ninth largest prostate ever reported. This 65-year-old patient presented with acute urinary retention secondary to a bulky left prostatic mass identified on pelvic magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). His preoperative prostate-specific antigen (PSA) value was 44 ng/mL; preoperative biopsies were negative for malignancy. Open radical retropubic prostatectomy was performed and the resulting prostatic mass was measured at 13.5 cm x 11.5 cm x 5.2 cm, weighing 708 g including the prostate. The patient tolerated the procedure well. Surgical pathology showed no evidence of malignancy.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 8000-8002 |
Number of pages | 3 |
Journal | Canadian Journal of Urology |
Volume | 22 |
Issue number | 5 |
State | Published - 2015 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© 2015 The Canadian Journal of Urology.
Keywords
- Giant benign prostatic hyperplasia
- Retropubic prostatectomy
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Urology