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Correlation of power Doppler with microvessel density in assessing prostate needle biopsy
• 2015
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N.M. Wilsona,*, A.M. Masoudb, H.B. Barsoumc, M.M. Refaatd,
M.I. Moustafae, T.A. Kamald
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Abstract
AIM: To correlate hypervascular power Doppler ultrasonography with the histo-
logical evaluation of microvasculature in the prostate using trans-rectal ultrasound
(TRUS)-guided needle biopsy.
MATERIALS AND METHODS: Ninety-six patients with a lower urinary tract symptoms
(LUTS) and prostate specific antigen (PSA) value more than 4 ng/ml were evaluated
using power Doppler ultrasonography before biopsy. The vascularity of the peripheral
zone was graded on a scale of PZ0 to PZ2. Core needle biopsies were immunostained
with CD31(DAKO) and counting was performed manually on separate high power fields
(HPF; £ 400) in areas containing the highest number of vessels.
RESULTS: There was a significant correlation between the grading system used for
power Doppler and the microvessel density (MVD; PZ0 28.61 ^ 8.97,PZ1
36.00 ^ 12.11&PZ2 64.008 ^ 15.86; p , 0:001). There was also a significant differ-
ence in MVD between benign, malignant and tissue cores with atypia and prostatic
intra-epithelial neoplasia (PIN; p , 0:001 and p , 0:018; respectively). There was a
significant correlation between malignant tissue having a higher Gleason score and
increased MVD ðp , 0:001Þ: Furthermore, cancer biopsies having a high flow PZ2 are
nearly twice as likely (63.2%) to have a Gleason score of 7 or more when compared
those having a Gleason score of less than 7 (36.8%).
CONCLUSION: The grading system of assessing the power Doppler flow signals
appears to be of value as an indicator of MVD. It also correlates with a higher Gleason
score and this may reflect the clinical outcome in prostate cancer. It deserves further
study and evaluation as a prognostic indicator.
q 2004 The Royal College of Radiologists. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
logical evaluation of microvasculature in the prostate using trans-rectal ultrasound
(TRUS)-guided needle biopsy.
MATERIALS AND METHODS: Ninety-six patients with a lower urinary tract symptoms
(LUTS) and prostate specific antigen (PSA) value more than 4 ng/ml were evaluated
using power Doppler ultrasonography before biopsy. The vascularity of the peripheral
zone was graded on a scale of PZ0 to PZ2. Core needle biopsies were immunostained
with CD31(DAKO) and counting was performed manually on separate high power fields
(HPF; £ 400) in areas containing the highest number of vessels.
RESULTS: There was a significant correlation between the grading system used for
power Doppler and the microvessel density (MVD; PZ0 28.61 ^ 8.97,PZ1
36.00 ^ 12.11&PZ2 64.008 ^ 15.86; p , 0:001). There was also a significant differ-
ence in MVD between benign, malignant and tissue cores with atypia and prostatic
intra-epithelial neoplasia (PIN; p , 0:001 and p , 0:018; respectively). There was a
significant correlation between malignant tissue having a higher Gleason score and
increased MVD ðp , 0:001Þ: Furthermore, cancer biopsies having a high flow PZ2 are
nearly twice as likely (63.2%) to have a Gleason score of 7 or more when compared
those having a Gleason score of less than 7 (36.8%).
CONCLUSION: The grading system of assessing the power Doppler flow signals
appears to be of value as an indicator of MVD. It also correlates with a higher Gleason
score and this may reflect the clinical outcome in prostate cancer. It deserves further
study and evaluation as a prognostic indicator.
q 2004 The Royal College of Radiologists. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.