[Ureteral jet during medical treatment of benign prostatic hypertrophy]. 1994

M Sperandeo, and A Varriale, and G Sperandeo, and E Caturelli, and M Dragone
Dipartimento di Diagnostica per Immagini, Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza San Giovanni Rotondo, FG.

By Color-Doppler ultrasound it's possible to visualize urine flow from ureter into the bladder. Aim of the study was to image these ureteral jets in patients with benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) before and after therapy. Seven patients were studied, whose age ranged from 52 to 69 years; they were not affected by methabolic, hepatic, renal diseases and by prostate inflammation. A duplex scanner (Toshiba SSA 270 A) with a convex probe of 3.5 MHz was used. A transabdominal ultrasound study was performed, measuring prostatic volume and imaging ureteral jet before and along a treatment (at four months intervals) with Finasteride 5 mg/die (Finastid, Neopharmed) and at the end of treatment. We found that the mean velocity of jets in patient affected by was higher than in healthy subjects (80 cm/sec vs 60 cm/sec) bur during treatment it decreased along with symptom improvements and decreasing volume at US. We concluded that analysis of ureteral jets with Color-Doppler P.W. may add useful informations to real-time us in the study of patients affected by BPH undergoing treatment with Finasteride.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008297 Male Males
D008875 Middle Aged An adult aged 45 - 64 years. Middle Age
D011470 Prostatic Hyperplasia Increase in constituent cells in the PROSTATE, leading to enlargement of the organ (hypertrophy) and adverse impact on the lower urinary tract function. This can be caused by increased rate of cell proliferation, reduced rate of cell death, or both. Adenoma, Prostatic,Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia,Prostatic Adenoma,Prostatic Hyperplasia, Benign,Prostatic Hypertrophy,Prostatic Hypertrophy, Benign,Adenomas, Prostatic,Benign Prostatic Hyperplasias,Benign Prostatic Hypertrophy,Hyperplasia, Benign Prostatic,Hyperplasia, Prostatic,Hyperplasias, Benign Prostatic,Hypertrophies, Prostatic,Hypertrophy, Benign Prostatic,Hypertrophy, Prostatic,Prostatic Adenomas,Prostatic Hyperplasias, Benign,Prostatic Hypertrophies
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000368 Aged A person 65 years of age or older. For a person older than 79 years, AGED, 80 AND OVER is available. Elderly
D014513 Ureter One of a pair of thick-walled tubes that transports urine from the KIDNEY PELVIS to the URINARY BLADDER. Ureters
D014563 Urodynamics The mechanical laws of fluid dynamics as they apply to urine transport. Urodynamic
D018120 Finasteride An orally active 3-OXO-5-ALPHA-STEROID 4-DEHYDROGENASE inhibitor. It is used as a surgical alternative for treatment of benign PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA. Chibro-Proscar,Eucoprost,MK-906,Propecia,Propeshia,Proscar,Chibro Proscar,MK 906,MK906
D018615 Ultrasonography, Doppler, Color Ultrasonography applying the Doppler effect, with the superposition of flow information as colors on a gray scale in a real-time image. This type of ultrasonography is well-suited to identifying the location of high-velocity flow (such as in a stenosis) or of mapping the extent of flow in a certain region. Doppler Ultrasonography, Color,Ultrasonography, Color Doppler,Color Doppler Ultrasonography,Color Ultrasonography, Doppler,Doppler Color Ultrasonography,Ultrasonography, Doppler Color

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