@article{24918,
  keywords = {Turkey, Testicular Diseases, Prostatic Diseases, leprosy},
  author = {Aglamis E and Tasdemir C and Yucel M and Ceylan C and Erdan I},
  title = {Prostatic and testicular parameters in lepromatous patients},
  abstract = {<p>Objectives: To evaluate PSA (Prostate-specific antigen) parameters in patients with lepromatous leprosy (LL). Design: In a retrospective study, 23 male patients with LL were evaluated. PSA parameters (serum total PSA (tPSA), free PSA fPSA), free-to-total PSA ratio (f/tPSA), PSA Density (PSAD)) were assessed. PSA parameters were compared with a control group. Conclusions: Serum tPSA values and prostate volumes in the patients with LL were significantly reduced and f/tPSA values were significantly increased. Testicular atrophy in the lepromatous cases might be due to leprosy-related orchitis and associated with a reduction in prostatic volume.</p>
},
  year = {2014},
  journal = {Leprosy review},
  volume = {85},
  pages = {48-53},
  url = {https://leprosyreview.org/article/85/1/00-1846},
  language = {eng},
}