Does Abstinence From Ejaculation Before Prostate MRI Improve Evaluation of the Seminal Vesicles?

KABAKUŞ İ. M., Borofsky S., Mertan F. V., Greer M., Daar D., Wood B. J., ...More

AMERICAN JOURNAL OF ROENTGENOLOGY, vol.207, no.6, pp.1205-1209, 2016 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 207 Issue: 6
  • Publication Date: 2016
  • Doi Number: 10.2214/ajr.16.16278
  • Journal Name: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF ROENTGENOLOGY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.1205-1209
  • Hacettepe University Affiliated: No

Abstract

OBJECTIVE. The purpose of the present study is to determine whether abstinence from ejaculation before undergoing multiparametric prostate MRI increases seminal vesicle (SV) volume and therefore improves diagnostic interpretation of the SVs.