Fig. 1

Timeline showing the different physiologic features of the normal prostate on T2-weighted MR images. Younger patients have a dominant PZ, which is homogeneous and shows low signal-intensity. In middle-aged men, non-nodular T2-hypointense bands can appear in the PZ, in relation with prostatitis (grey arrow) and the TZ becomes larger. In older patients, the TZ becomes dominant, with multiple well-delineated nodules, corresponding to benign prostatic hyperplasia (blue arrows). Reprinted with permission from Flor-de-Lima B, Freire G, Lopes A, et al. (2022) Radiologic-pathologic correlation of prostatic cancer extra-capsular extension (ECE) (C-18805) EPOS™ poster presented at ECR 2022