The article provides a historical background, presenting the approaches of morphologists and radiologists to the issue of the lobar structure of the prostate gland. Given the confusion regarding the term “central zone”, it is proposed to avoid its use in the conclusions of magnetic resonance and ultrasound examination. It is recommended to use the division of the gland into 39 sectors only when describing an MRI study of the prostate performed in accordance with the recommendations of the PI-RADSv2 system.

prostate gland, zonal anatomy, magnetic resonance imaging, ultrasound examination.

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