Value of trans-rectal elastosonography in the diagnosis of benign and malignant tumors of prostate

Objective To explore the value of trans-rectal elastosonography in the diagno-sis of benign and malignant tumors of prostate.Methods The clinical materials of 60 patients with tumor of prostate were analyzed.Results As revealed by the elastosonograms,16 patients were at grade Ⅰ,11 were at grade Ⅱ,9 were at grade Ⅲ,10 were at grade Ⅳ and 14 were at grade Ⅴ. Based on the golden standard pathologic diagnosis,51 cases were correctly diagnosed by elastosono-graphy,the correct diagnosis percentage was 85.00%,and the sensitivity and specificity of elas-tosonography were 92.87% and 78.13% respectively.Conclusion Elastosonography has good sensitivity and specificity in the diagnosis of benign and malignant tumors of prostate,and it is help-ful for judgment of the tumor nature.