The Global Reading Room: A Patient With Rectal Gas Artifact on Prostate MRI

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Abstract

A 66-year-old biopsy-naïve patient with a PSA level of 7.3 ng/mL undergoes multiparametric prostate MRI. Despite a preparatory clear-fluid diet and rectal enema, rectal gas renders evaluation of the posterior prostate suboptimal on all sequences. The anterior prostate is unaffected by the artifact and appears normal. What do you recommend? _______________.

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Original languageEnglish
Article numbere2533249
Number of pages2
JournalAJR. American journal of roentgenology
Volume226
Issue number1
Early online date21 May 2025
Publication statusPublished - Jan 2026
Peer-reviewedYes

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unpaywall 10.2214/ajr.25.33249

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