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ArticleClinical imaging2021

Cowper's gland hyperplasia: A potential pitfall at MRI of the prostate.

Omar Kamal, Bryan R Foster, Kevin Turner, Sadhna Verma, Sungmin Woo, Tharakeswara K Bathala, Fergus V Coakley

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Article in Clinical imaging, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 29% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
  2. Review
  3. MRI Anatomical Investigation of Rabbit Bulbourethral Glands.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2023
    Article
  4. Expression of Glycoprotein 2 and Its Glycosylation in Human Cowper's Gland.The journal of histochemistry and cytochemistry : official journal of the Histochemistry Society
    Article
4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Omar KamalDepartments of Diagnostic Radiology, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, United States of America.
Bryan R FosterDepartments of Diagnostic Radiology, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, United States of America.
Kevin TurnerAnatomic Pathology, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, United States of America.
Sadhna VermaDivision of Radiology, University of Cincinnati Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, United States of America.
Sungmin WooDepartment of Radiology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, United States of America.
Tharakeswara K BathalaDivision of Diagnostic Imaging, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, United States of America.
Fergus V CoakleyDepartments of Diagnostic Radiology, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, United States of America. Electronic address: coakleyf@ohsu.edu.
Oregon Health & Science University · USMemorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center · USThe University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center · USUniversity of Cincinnati Medical Center · US

Funding

X-RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHYP30CA008748 · NCI · SLOAN-KETTERING INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RES · PI Hongbiao Carl Lekaye · 1985 to 2026
$347.4M
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA008748
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

MRI features are presented in a multicenter retrospective series of five patients with a unilateral masslike lesion seen in the genitourinary diaphragm at MRI performed for known or suspected prostate cancer. In all cases, the lesion appeared as an encapsulated 1.3 to 3.0 cm mass of heterogeneous low or intermediate T2 signal intensity in the genitourinary diaphragm, and targeted biopsy demonstrated benign Cowper's gland tissue. This entity is a potential imaging pitfall that could result in a diagnosis of an exophytic nodule of benign prostatic hyperplasia or local spread of prostate cancer. We present these cases to facilitate correct identification of Cowper's gland hyperplasia as an occasional finding at MRI of the prostate.

Indexed as

Bulbourethral GlandsProstateHumansHyperplasiaMagnetic Resonance ImagingMaleRetrospective StudiesCowper's glandsMRIProstate

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PMID34399290
PMCPMC9331467
OpenAlexW3187274304

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