Radiologic anatomy of the prostate gland: A clinical approach

Efforts to reduce the morbidity associated with treatment of prostate cance r and benign prostatic hyperplasia are leading to increasingly patient-spec ific and disease-targeted therapy. Radiologists play an important role in t he assessment of treatment efficacy and complications through the critical evaluation and interdisciplinary discussion of imaging anatomy before and a fter therapy This article reviews prostatic and periprostatic radiologic an atomy, with an emphasis on those aspects that are clinically relevant to cu rrent uroradiologic practice. Particular attention is given to the use of M R imaging, because it is the current modality of choice for prostate cancer imaging.