Abstract

RECALDE, JC; CHENG, C; RECALDE, CA  and  HOSPITAL MILITAR CENTRAL, FUERZAS ARMADAS DE LA NACION. Cátedra y Servicio de Urología, Hospital de Clínicas de la Facultad de Ciencias Médicas de la Universidad Nacional de Asunción. Servicio de Urología. Giant benign prostatic hyperplasia: a case report. An. Fac. Cienc. Méd. (Asunción) [online]. 2013, vol.46, n.1, pp.69-76. ISSN 1816-8949.

ABSTRACT Benign prostatic hyperplasia is a complex not yet well defined entity. It is commonly characterized as an increase in volume of the prostate gland that causes an obstruction to the flow of urine in the lower urinary tract, which is potentially remediable with surgical resection of the redundant glandular portion. A variety of this disease constitutes giant benign prostatic hyperplasia, defined by some authors as those weighing more than 200g, or those beyond 500g, depending on other authors. In total, to date, there are 18 giants benign prostate hyperplasia greater than 500g in the literature and our case, with530g, is ranked 15th. The case is from the Department of Urology, Central Military Hospital in Asunción, Paraguay. Key words: prostate, hyperplasia, adenoma, adenomectomy.

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