Endorectal Color Doppler Sonography and Endorectal MR Imaging Features of Nonpalpable Prostate Cancer
Correlation with Radical Prostatectomy Findings
F. Cornud1,
K. Hamida1,
T. Flam2,
O. Hélénon1,
Y. Chrétien2,3,
N. Thiounn2,
J. M. Correas1,
J. M. Casanova4 and
J. F. Moreau1
1
Service de Radiologie, Hôpital Necker, 149 rue
de Sèvres, 75015 Paris, France.
2
Service d'Urologie, Hôpital Cochin, 24 Rue du
Faubourg saint Jacques, 75014 Paris, France.
3
Service d'Urologie, Hôpital Necker, 75015
Paris, France.
4
Service d'Uro-Gynécologie,
Hôpital Notre Dame de Bon Secours, 14 rue des
volontaires, 75014 Paris, France.

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Fig. 1A. 68-year-old man with hypervascular nonpalpable cancerous tumor
having Gleason score of 7. Endorectal sonogram (axial view) shows hypoechoic
nodule in peripheral zone (arrows).
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Fig. 1B. 68-year-old man with hypervascular nonpalpable cancerous tumor
having Gleason score of 7. Color Doppler sonogram reveals increased flow.
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Fig. 2A. 64-year-old man with hypervascular nonpalpable cancerous tumor
having Gleason score of 8. Endorectal sonogram (axial view) shows subtle
hypoechoic area in peripheral zone (PZ) that is visible only during real-time
scanning. TZ = transition zone.
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Fig. 2B. 64-year-old man with hypervascular nonpalpable cancerous tumor
having Gleason score of 8. Color Doppler sonogram shows intense peripheral
zone hypervascularization.
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Fig. 3A. 57-year-old man with hypovascular nonpalpable cancerous tumor having
Gleason score of 5. Endorectal sonogram (axial view) shows discrete hypoechoic
area (arrows).
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Fig. 3B. 57-year-old man with hypovascular nonpalpable cancerous tumor having
Gleason score of 5. Color Doppler sonogram reveals no increased flow compared
with adjacent peripheral zone.
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Fig. 4A. 69-year-old man with stage pT3 nonpalpable cancer. Axial fast
spin-echo T2-weighted MR image shows tumor hyposignal in periprostatic fat
(arrows), indicating established capsular penetration.
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Fig. 4B. 69-year-old man with stage pT3 nonpalpable cancer. Axial fast
spin-echo T2-weighted MR image contiguous to A reveals extensive tumor
hyposignal in periprostatic fat (arrows).
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Fig. 5A. 59-year-old man with stage pT3 nonpalpable cancerous tumor. Axial
fast spin-echo T2-weighted MR image shows obliteration of prostatorectal angle
(arrowhead), indicating established capsular penetration.
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Fig. 5B. 59-year-old man with stage pT3 nonpalpable cancerous tumor. Axial
fast spin-echo T2-weighted MR image contiguous to A shows tumor
hyposignal in periprostatic fat (arrow), confirming established
capsular penetration.
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Fig. 6. 71-year-old man with stage pT3 nonpalpable cancerous tumor. Axial
fast spin-echo T2- weighted MR image shows asymmetry of neurovascular bundles.
Left side has normal appearance (black arrows). Bundle on right side
shows hypointensity (white arrows), indicating established capsular
penetration with invasion of right neurovascular bundle.
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Fig. 7A. 67-year-old man with combined capsular penetration and seminal
vesicle invasion. Axial fast spin-echo T2-weighted MR image shows tumor
hyposignal in left base and in periprostatic fat (arrowheads),
indicating established capsular penetration.
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Fig. 7B. 67-year-old man with combined capsular penetration and seminal
vesicle invasion. Axial fast spin-echo T2-weighted MR image reveals focal wall
thickening in left seminal vesicle, indicating extensive seminal vesicle
invasion (arrows).
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