• Medientyp: E-Artikel
  • Titel: Idiopathic Calcification of the Seminal Vesicles: A Rare Cause forProstate Cancer Oversta ging
  • Beteiligte: Pannek, Jürgen; Senge, Theodor
  • Erschienen: S. Karger AG, 2001
  • Erschienen in: Urologia Internationalis
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • DOI: 10.1159/000056583
  • ISSN: 0042-1138; 1423-0399
  • Schlagwörter: Urology
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  • Beschreibung: <jats:p>Calcification of the seminal vesicles is a rare phenomenon. We present 2 cases in whom calcification of the seminal vesicles led to preoperative overstaging of prostate cancer. Although idiopathic calcifications are extremely rare, calcifications appear more frequently in diabetic patients. Therefore, knowledge of these formations is essential to prevent overstaging, namely infiltration of the seminal vesicles.</jats:p>