Evaluation of prostate weight in Sudanese using Ultrasound

Abstract

This study is to evaluate the prostate weight in patient above 25 years. The study was done in Sinja hospital, by using trans-abdominal 3.5 MHz probe. The study was carried out in the period from Dec 2011 to Mar 2012. The result of this study showed that the prostate weight increased in a linear fashion with the patient age, weight and height with a coefficient of 0.5gm/years, 0.08gm/kg and 0.09gm/cm respectively. Qualitatively the normal prostate has isoechogenicity and homogeneous texture. Most of the unmarried patient, (78%), showed normal prostate weight. The study showed that ultrasound can be used in diagnosis the prostate weight fairly using the enhanced ultrasound unit.