Volume 1

Number 1 January 2017

Study of age related morphological change of the prostate gland in Bangladeshi male cadave

DOI: https://doi.org/10.70357/jdamc.2017.v0101.06

Parvez S1 , Kabir M J2 , Bose P K3 , Ahmed R4 , Naushab H5

Abstract

The prostate is a fibromuscular glandular organ which secrets a thin milky fluid that form the bulk of the semen, it also enhances the motility of the sperm that is important for successful fertilization of the ovum. Size and shape of this organ changes over times and usually increases more in later stage of life. The object of the study was to find out the age related changes of prostate directly by measuring volume of the prostate in male cadaver in our country.

It was a descriptive type of study. The study was carried out in the Department of Anatomy of Sir Salimullah Medical College(SSMC), Dhaka from July 2009 to December 2010. The present study was performed on 60 cadaveric (postmortem) humanprostate of Bangladeshi male in different age groups. Among the studied samples, the lowest age was 10 years and the highestage was 70 years. The samples were collected, age ranging from 10-70 years and divided into three age groups; group A (10-318years), group B (19-45 years) and group C (46-70 years). The mean volume of the prostate was 3.11 ± 1.64 cm in group A3 3(10-18years), 8.76± 1.83 cm in group B (19-45 years),14.38 ± 2.40 cm in group C (46-70 years). The differences of volume ofthe prostate was highly significant (P<0.001) between A vs B, A vs C and B vs C. In this study, it was observed that there wassignificant change in volume of prostate in relation to age which in turn reflects similar findings found all over the world. Thestudy is more accurate as the volume of the prostate was measured directly by removing the organ from the cadaver.

Keywords: Morphological change, prostate gland, Bangladeshi male cadaver


  1. Professor and Head, Department of Anatomy

    University Dental College, Dhaka

  2. Associate Professor, Department of Forensic Medicine

    Monno Medical College, Dhaka

  3. Associate Professor, Department of Forensic Medicine

    Enam Medical College, Dhaka

  4. Associate professor and Head, Department of Anatomy

    Tangail Medical College

  5. Professor and Head, Department of Anatomy

    Sir Salimullah Medical College, Dhaka

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Volume 1, Number 1 January 2017
Page: 27-29