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Table 2 Conventional MRI compared with histopathology results

From: Role of MRI in diagnosis of prostate cancer and correlation of results with transrectal ultrasound guided biopsy “TRUS”

Histopathology

MRI findings

No

Percent (%)

Cyst

Cystic lesion (high T2, low T1)

3

100

BPH

Enlarged transitional zone with normal peripheral zone

4

100

Malignant

Enlarged transitional zone with abnormal SI at peripheral zone (BPH + cancer)

14

86.7

 

Abnormal SI at peripheral zone and transitional zone (sarcoma

2

13.35

 

Total

16

100

Infarction

Enlarged transitional zone with abnormal SI at peripheral & transitional zones

2

100

Atrophy

Normal transitional zone with abnormal SI at peripheral zone

3

100

Granulomatous prostatitis

Enlarged transitional zone with abnormal SI at peripheral & transitional zones

2

100