EMPHYSEMATOUS PROSTATITIS WITH SECONDARY PSOAS ABSCESS- A LETHAL OUTCOME FOLLOWING PROSTATE BIOPSY.

Emphysematous prostatitis is a rare, clinical condition characterized by gas and abscess formation in the prostate often associated with features of sepsis. We report a case of 60 year old gentleman presenting with emphysematous prostatitis complicated with secondary psoas abscess and florid sepsis following prostate biopsy.

Urology. 2020 May 04 [Epub ahead of print]

Manjunath Metri, Sidhartha Kalra, Lalgudi Narayanan Dorairajan, Ramanitharan Manikandan, Sreerag Ks

Senior Resident, department of urology, JIPMER, Puducherry, India., Assistant professor department of urology, JIPMER, Puducherry, India. Electronic address: ., Professor, department of urology, JIPMER, Puducherry, India., Professor and Head of the department, department of urology, JIPMER, Puducherry, India., Associate professor, department of urology, JIPMER,Puducherry, India.