Diagnosis of prostate adenocarcinoma using transurethral resection of the prostate after multiple negative transrectal biopsies and persistently elevated prostate-specific antigen level

Abstract

We report a case of prostate cancer diagnosis by transurethral resection of the prostate in a man who underwent more than 50 needle biopsies by three different physicians for an increasing prostate-specific antigen level. Radical prostatectomy resulted in removal of an organ-confined tumor (T2aN0M0), and a short follow-up revealed an undetectable prostate-specific antigen level.