Prostate Cancer Pathology
In an adult male without significant hyperplasia, the average weight of the prostate gland is approximately 20 to 30 g. It is shaped as an inverted cone, with the base…
Prostate Imaging–Reporting and Data System (PI-RADS)
PI-RADS Assessment Based on the current uses and capabilities of mpMRI and MRI-targeted procedures, PI-RADS v2 defines clinically significant cancer on pathology as those tumors that have a Gleason score…
MRI and Active Surveillance
Current Practices in Active Surveillance Active surveillance is a management strategy designed to identify prostate cancer patients who are low risk of cancer progression and to intervene with active treatment…
PET/CT and PET/MR Imaging Evaluation of Prostate Cancer
Summary of select PET radiotracers employed in prostate cancer Radiotracer Biological basis Major potential utility in prostate cancer 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose Glucose metabolism Detection of aggressive primary tumor (Gleason score>7) Assessment of…
Introduction to Prostate Cancer: Clinical Considerations
Incidence, Demographics, and Survival Prostate cancer is the second most common cancer in men in the United States, after only skin cancer. After lung cancer, prostate cancer is the second…
Architectural Distortion
Presentation and Presenting Images ( ▶ Fig. 24.1, ▶ Fig. 24.2, ▶ Fig. 24.3, ▶ Fig. 24.4, ▶ Fig. 24.5, ▶ Fig. 24.6, ▶ Fig. 24.7, ▶ Fig. 24.8, ▶…
Developing Asymmetry
Presentation and Presenting Images ( ▶ Fig. 97.1, ▶ Fig. 97.2, ▶ Fig. 97.3, ▶ Fig. 97.4, ▶ Fig. 97.5, ▶ Fig. 97.6) A 53-year-old female with a history of…
Palpable Spiculated Masses
Presentation and Presenting Images ( ▶ Fig. 101.1, ▶ Fig. 101.2, ▶ Fig. 101.3, ▶ Fig. 101.4, ▶ Fig. 101.5) A 53-year-old female with a palpable abnormality in the right…
Spiculated Mass Not Seen on Ultrasound
Presentation and Presenting Images ( ▶ Fig. 98.1, ▶ Fig. 98.2, ▶ Fig. 98.3, ▶ Fig. 98.4, ▶ Fig. 98.5) A 46-year-old female with invasive ductal carcinoma of the right…
Focal Asymmetry—One or Two Lesions
Presentation and Presenting Images ( ▶ Fig. 66.1, ▶ Fig. 66.2) A 58-year-old female presents for asymptomatic screening mammography. 66.2 Key Images ( ▶ Fig. 66.3, ▶ Fig. 66.4) 66.2.1 Breast Tissue…
