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LOWER GENITOURINARY TRACT IMAGING S181 s Complications of c i h Prostate Cancer Treat- p a r ment: Spectrum of G o 1 i Imaging Findings d a R Corrie M. Yablon, MD ● Marc P. Banner, MD ● Parvati Ramchandani, ONLINE-ONLY CME MD ● Eric S. Rovner, MD See www.rsna .org/education /rg_cme.html. The imaging appearances of prostate cancer are well described in the radiology literature, but little has been written about the detection and appearance of the complications of therapy for this disease. The most LEARNING OBJECTIVES frequently used treatments for prostate cancer are surgical therapy (eg, radical retropubic prostatectomy, radical perineal prostatectomy), ra- After reading this article and taking diation therapy (eg, brachytherapy, external-beam radiation therapy, the test, the reader will be able to: three-dimensional conformal radiation therapy, intensity-modulated List the various radiation therapy), and cryoablative therapy, each of which may lead to treatment options for complications with characteristic imaging appearances. Possible com- prostate cancer. Discuss the postop- plications include lymphocele formation; injuries to the ureter, rectum, erative complications and urethra; prostatic necrosis; vesicourethral anastomotic leak and associated with dif- ferent treatment mo- stricture; urethra