Relationship Between Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia And The Level Of Prostate Specific Antigen In The Imaging Department And In The Laboratory Of The Sainte Jeanne Hospital Antide Thouret De Galagala, Ngaoundal

Prostate adenoma, or benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), is a condition that affects 50% of men over the age of 40. Many studies have been conducted on the prevalence of BPH throughout the world but very few in Africa and more precisely in North Cameroon. Others have been able to show the relationship between the volume of the prostate and the level of antigen specific for the prostate (PSA) but very little in Adamaoua. The retrospective study conducted in the imaging and laboratory department of the Sainte Jeanne Antide Thouret Hospital in Galagala took into account patients from the period from January 1 to October 30, 2022. We were able to have 29 patients from 40- 89 years old, all with BPH with a volume greater than 40ml. The average age is 64.5 years,
and the most represented age group is 60–69 years with 31%; It can be said that the increase in the size of the prostate is not linked to the age, nor to the matrimonial regime of the patients. The relationship between age and PSA level (r=0.54; p 0.0001) is highly significant. Similarly, the relationship between blood PSA level and prostate volume is significant (r=0.0001). 98, p 0.0001). Thus, 68.9% of patients had a PSA level above 4.5 ng/ml in patients aged 40- 59; and 27.5% for those aged between 60-79 with a PSA level above 8ng/ml. It can be concluded that the increase in size of prostatic adenoma is proportional to the increase in blood PSA level.