A 68-year-old man with hypertension comes to the physician because of fatigue and difficulty initiating urination. He wakes up several times a night to urinate. He does not take any medications. His blood pressure is 166/82 mm Hg. Digital rectal examination shows a firm, non-tender, and uniformly enlarged prostate. Which of the following is the most appropriate pharmacotherapy?
AFinasteride
Bα-Methyldopa
CPhenoxybenzamine
DTerazosin
ETamsulosin
A 3-year-old boy was brought in by his parents for undescended testes. The physical examination showed an absence of the left testis in the scrotum. Inguinal swelling was noted on the left side and was surgically corrected. Which of the following conditions will most likely occur in the later stages of his life?
AEpididymitis
BTesticular cancer
CVaricocele
DTorsion testis
ESpermatocele
A 67-year-old man comes to the physician because of a 3-month history of difficulty initiating urination. He wakes up at least 3–4 times at night to urinate. Digital rectal examination shows a symmetrically enlarged, nontender prostate with a rubbery consistency. Laboratory studies show a prostate-specific antigen level of 2.1 ng/mL (N < 4). Which of the following is the most likely underlying cause of this patient's symptoms?
ALymphocytic infiltration of anterior prostatic lobe stroma
BHyperplasia of lateral prostatic lobe tissue
CInfiltrating dysplasia of posterior prostatic lobe epithelium
DInfiltrating neoplasia of bladder urothelium
EHypertrophy of middle prostatic lobe tissue
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