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Table 2 The relationship between DRE finding and histological adenocarcinoma (PPV)

From: Assessment of the value of the different variants of abnormal digital rectal examination finding in predicting carcinoma of the prostate: a preliminary report of a two-center study

DRE finding

Histology

Total

BPH

PIN

Adenocarcinoma

A,H

0

0

(100%) 2

2

A, I

0

1

(50%) 1

2

A, S

2

0

(33.3%) 1

3

H

6

2

(73.3) 22

30

I

5

1

(50%) 6

12

I, S

0

2

(33.3%) 1

3

A

1

0

(0%) 0

1

A, H

0

0

(100%) 1

1

O

9

1

(23.1%) 3

13

O, A

0

0

(100%) 1

1

O, A, H

1

0

(75%) 3

4

O, A, H

1

0

(80%) 4

5

O, H

4

0

(83%) 20

24

O, H, I

0

0

(100%) 1

1

O, H, S

0

0

(100%) 1

1

O, I, S

0

0

(100%) 2

2

O, A

0

0

(100%) 1

1

O, S

0

1

(50%) 1

2

O, I

0

0

(100%) 1

1

S

16

4

(23.1%) 6

26

Total

44

12

(57.3%) 75

131

  1. H hard nodular, S suspicious nodule, O obliterated median groove, A lobar asymmetry, I indurations