Calcification question

[bentoboy]

Hi there,

Today I had an appointment with my urologist and I asked him to do an ultrasound to check whether my plaque calcified or not. He said that there was not much calcification and it looked fine.

However, how do you know that there isn't much calcification? The plaque that I have is quite solid and inflexible.

Thanks  

[martin111]

I think ultrasound is the best way for detecting calcification.

However ultrasound is also technical dependent. So in case of micro-calcification there might be problem with properly detecting them, if device is set incorrectly (I asked Dr. Trost about that).

Below you can find two papers touching Peyronies Disease imaging topic. Hope this helps.

Although ultrasound may also demonstrate most plaques (and is superior for the detection of calcification) [41], it is probably a little less sensitive (with 67% and 61% of palpable plaques demonstrated on MR and ultrasound in one study [41])

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3746407/

Calcified penile plaques are usually seen as focal hyperechoic thickening of the tunica albuginea, showing strong echogenicity with attenuation of the acoustic beam

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6050571/