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Had a prostate biopsy as the PSA level was high. What does the report say?
Query: Hi doctor, The patient is a 59-year-old male with whose weight is 52.3 kg and height is 166 cm. His PSA was 247.5. He had a TRUS guided biopsy, and the report is as follows. 1. Moderately differentiated adenocarcinoma. 2. Gleason grade 4+4.3. Perineural invasion present. What does the biopsy report ... Read Full »
Answer: Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. I am sorry to know about the problem. The biopsy report says that prostate has a cancer disease. Since PSA (prostate specific antigen) is very high, it means that there is a chance that it has spread outside the prostate. The next step will be PSMA PET (prostate-specifi... Read Full »
How to treat an undescended testis in an 11-year-old boy?
Query: Hello doctor, My son is 11 years old. He had undescended testis. The doctors found it diminishing, and they removed it through surgery. The other testis is still undescended. It is very small in size, and as per doctor the cord attached to it is small and hence cannot be brought down. Kindly advise. Read Full »
Answer: Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. The child had undergone orchidectomy for 0.15 to 0.19 inch atrophic testis which is too small to have a function. Only preoperative imaging studies to document the size of palpable inguinal mass or testes is not available. The other testis needs to be brought into the s... Read Full »