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Anyone here good with mathematics/measurements? Could someone describe to me what 186 cubic centimetres actually looks like?

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Keepyourheartopenandyoureyeswideshut · 17/07/2025 09:31

I have never had a head for maths and measurements.

I am trying to get a visual idea of what 186 cubic centimetres would look like.

FIL was told yesterday that his very enlarged prostrate measures 186 cc. I have had a quick google which tells me a normal prostrate should measure around 30cc and would be the size of a walnut. So what would 186cc look like? A basketball/tennis ball size?

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Pedallleur · 17/07/2025 09:32

6 x the size (30 x 6 = 180)

https://community.patient.info/t/is-my-prostate-size-normal/553163/3

tinageta · 17/07/2025 09:33

a bit bigger than a tennis ball

Venalopolos · 17/07/2025 09:33

It’s just over a cube 5cm in each dimension. A tennis ball is about 165cc for reference.

olderbutwiser · 17/07/2025 09:35

It will be about 7 cm across - about tennis ball size. (My maths may be well off).

Bjorkdidit · 17/07/2025 09:41

Likely about the size of a tennis ball. Or a small (half size) tin of beans.

But likely more significant is that it's about 6 times bigger than it should be. I don't know the medical implication of this.

Keepyourheartopenandyoureyeswideshut · 17/07/2025 09:43

Thank you everyone.

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