Exam questionKROK 2Medicine ยท 2014
A 77-year-old male patient complains of inability to urinate, bursting pain above the pubis. The patient developed acute condition 12 hours before. Objectively: full urinary bladder is palpable above the pubis. Rectal prostate is enlarged, dense and elastic, well-defined, with no nodes. Interlobular sulcus is distinct. Ultrasonography results: prostate volume is 120 cm3, it projects into the bladder cavity, has homogeneous parenchyma. Prostate-specific antigen rate is of 5 ng/ml. What is the most likely disease that caused acute urinary retention?
Answer options
- Prostatic hyperplasia
- Acute prostatitis
- Sclerosis of the prostate
- Prostate carcinoma
- Tuberculosis of the prostate
Correct answer
Prostatic hyperplasia
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