Suspicious findings on micro-ultrasound imaging and early detection of prostate cancer

Sangeet Ghai; Theodorus Van der Kwast

doi:10.1016/j.eucr.2017.11.013

Suspicious findings on micro-ultrasound imaging and early detection of prostate cancer

Urol Case Rep. 2017 Nov 21:16:98-100. doi: 10.1016/j.eucr.2017.11.013. eCollection 2018 Jan.

Authors

Sangeet Ghai¹, Theodorus Van der Kwast²

Affiliations

¹ Joint Department of Medical Imaging, University of Toronto, University Health Network - Mount Sinai Hospital-Women's College Hospital, Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada.
² Department of Pathology, Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada.

Abstract

The ExactVu™ Micro-Ultrasound system is a new high resolution imaging system for visualizing the prostate and has been FDA, CE, and Health Canada approved for visualization and biopsy of the prostate. The PRI-MUS™ (Prostate Risk Identification for Micro-Ultrasound) protocol has previously been demonstrated to correlate with risk of prostate cancer and severity of cancer. Here we present a case where a healthy 50 year old subject with no known risk factors volunteered to test the ExactVu system and was found to harbour multiple PRI-MUS 3-5 lesions. This prompted PSA testing, biopsy and eventual diagnosis of significant prostate cancer.

Keywords: Biomarkers; Micro-ultrasound; PRI-MUS; Prostate biopsy; Prostate cancer.

Publication types

Case Reports