Relationship between PTH and PSA values in patients with pathological finding of benign prostatic hyperplasia
Relationship between PTH and PSA values in patients with pathological finding of benign prostatic hyperplasia
Urologia 2012; 79(2): 152 - 155
Article Type: ORIGINAL ARTICLE
DOI:10.5301/RU.2012.9271
Authors
Salvatore Romeo, Giancarlo Napoli, Guglielmo Melloni, Nino Dispensa, Darwin Melloni
Abstract
The functional relationship between parathyroid glands and prostatic gland is commonly very well known. The aim of our study was to investigate the relationship between serum levels of PTH and serum levels of PSA in patients with pathological finding of BPH. According to 261 transrectal ultrasound-guided prostatic biopsies performed from March 2009 to March 2010, 75 patients, responding to our inclusion criteria, were selected. 26 patients (34.6%) ended the study. All patients with high serum levels of PSA (>4 ng/mL), with histological diagnosis of benign prostatic hyperplasia, underwent the assay of serum levels of PTH. We observed high levels of PTH (> 66 pg/mL) in 9 patients (35.2%).
Article History
- • Accepted on 4/15/2012
- • Available online on 5/15/2012
- • Published in print on 5/29/2012
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Authors
- Romeo, Salvatore
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Cattedra di Urologia, Università degli Studi di Palermo - Italy
- Napoli, Giancarlo
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Cattedra di Urologia, Università degli Studi di Palermo - Italy
- Melloni, Guglielmo
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Cattedra di Urologia, Università degli Studi di Palermo - Italy
- Dispensa, Nino
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Cattedra di Urologia, Università degli Studi di Palermo - Italy
- Melloni, Darwin
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Cattedra di Urologia, Università degli Studi di Palermo - Italy
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