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CASE REPORT article

Front. Urol.
Sec. Male Urology
Volume 4 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fruro.2024.1446650

Giant prostatic hyperplasia in a 54-years old patient treated by prostate artery embolization: case report

Provisionally accepted
Nicolas Villard Nicolas Villard 1,2*Georgia Tsoumakidou Georgia Tsoumakidou 2Paul-Cezar Moldovan Paul-Cezar Moldovan 3Rémy Rosset Rémy Rosset 3Olivier Rouvière Olivier Rouvière 3Hakim Fassi-Fehri Hakim Fassi-Fehri 3Gaële Pagnoux Gaële Pagnoux 3
  • 1 Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois (CHUV), Lausanne, Switzerland
  • 2 Département de Radiologie Diagnostique et de Radiologie Interventionnelle, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois (CHUV), Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland
  • 3 Hospices Civils de Lyon, Lyon, Rhône-Alpes, France

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    Giant prostatic hyperplasia (GPH) is defined as benign prostate hyperplasia (BPH) of more than 200 ml.It is a challenging condition because transurethral resection is classically indicated for prostate volume less than 80 ml and open adenectomy remains the gold standard therapy for GPH. Herein, we present the case of a 54-years old male with giant prostatic hyperplasia (total prostate volume of 265 ml) causing lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) and recurrent episodes of acute urinary retention. The patient refused the surgical adenomectomy and underwent bilateral prostate arteries embolization (PAE). Post embolization period was uneventful. Total prostate volume decreased progressively and LUTS

    Keywords: Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms, luts, case report, interventional radiology, Prostate adenoma

    Received: 10 Jun 2024; Accepted: 30 Oct 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Villard, Tsoumakidou, Moldovan, Rosset, Rouvière, Fassi-Fehri and Pagnoux. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence: Nicolas Villard, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois (CHUV), Lausanne, Switzerland

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