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The diagnostic value of abdominal ultrasound, urine cytology and prostate‐specific antigen testing in the lower urinary tract symptoms clinic

Introduction:  Lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) affect 18–26% of men aged 40–79 years, many of whom present with a fear of having cancer. Current guidelines for the assessment of LUTS focus mainly upon benign prostatic hypertrophy. It has been our practice to perform an abdominal ultrasound scan (USS), a prostate‐specific antigen (PSA) blood test and urine cytology during the assessment of males presenting with LUTS to investigate the alternative potentially life‐threatening causes for LUTS. We report on the added value of these tests during the assessment of men with LUTS.