The purpose of our study was to examine the safety and diagnostic utility of transgluteal CT-guided prostate biopsy for prostate sampling in patients without rectal access.
Seventy-three biopsies were performed in 65 patients over a 13-year period (2002-2015). Mean prostate-specific antigen (PSA) at biopsy was 7.8 ng/mL (range 0.37-31.5). Electronic medical records were reviewed for procedural details and complications. Mean PSA and number of cores in malignant and benign cohorts were compared with Student's t test.
Technical success rate was 97.3% (71/73; mean cores 8, range 3-28). Of these, 43.6% (31/71) yielded malignancy (mean Gleason score 7, range 6-10) and 56.3% (40/71) yielded benign tissue. The only complication was an asymptomatic periprostatic hematoma (1/73; 1.4%). In 14 patients who underwent surgery, Gleason scores were concordant in 71.4% (10/14) and discordant in 28.6% (4/14; Gleason 6 on biopsy but Gleason 7 on surgical specimen). Mean effective radiation dose was 18.5 mSv (median 15.0, range 4.4-86.2). There was no significant difference in either mean PSA (p = 0.06) or number of core specimens (p = 0.33) between malignant and benign cohorts.
CT-guided transgluteal prostate biopsy is highly safe and reliable for the detection of prostate cancer in men without rectal access.
• Prostate cancer detection in men without rectal access is challenging. • CT-guided transgluteal prostate biopsy is safe and effective in these patients. • CT-guided biopsy may be particularly effective in diagnosing high-grade prostate cancer. • Unilateral CT-guided biopsy may be effective in patients with focal lesions. • The radiation exposure with this technique is acceptable.
European radiology. 2016 Dec 14 [Epub ahead of print]
Michael C Olson, Thomas D Atwell, Lance A Mynderse, Bernard F King, Timothy Welch, Ajit H Goenka
Department of Radiology, Mayo Clinic, 200 1st St SW, Rochester, MN, 55905, USA. ., Department of Radiology, Mayo Clinic, 200 1st St SW, Rochester, MN, 55905, USA., Department of Urology, Mayo Clinic, 200 1st St SW, Rochester, MN, 55905, USA.