UNDETECTABLE PROSTATE-SPECIFIC ANTIGEN IN AGING MEN

Authors
ABIAAD AS OPSOMER RJ WESE FX LORGE F VANCANGH PJ
Citation
As. Abiaad et al., UNDETECTABLE PROSTATE-SPECIFIC ANTIGEN IN AGING MEN, Urology, 43(3), 1994, pp. 394-396
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Urology & Nephrology
Journal title
Urology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00904295
Volume
43
Issue
3
Year of publication
1994
Pages
394 - 396
Database
ISI
SICI code
0090-4295(1994)43:3<394:UPAIAM>2.0.ZU;2-Y
Abstract
Undetectable prostate-specific antigen was found in three aging men de spite the absence of any prostatic surgery or exogenous hormonal depri vation. Clinical and elementary hormonal workup revealed the presence of secondary hypogonadism. This finding confirms the hormonal dependen cy of this prostatic marker and may, in some cases, explain the discre pancy between prostatic volume and the value of serum prostate-specifi c antigen.