Granulomatous prostatitis, characterized by chronic granulomatous inflammation in the prostate, is rare.
Xanthogranulomatous prostatitis is an even rarer granulomatous inflammation. We present a 74-year-old man who presented with lower urinary tract symptoms and elevated prostate specific antigen. A transrectal ultrasonography-guided prostate biopsy was performed, and pathological results showed foamy macrophage and inflammatory cell infiltrates, which were a distinctive feature of xanthogranulomatous prostatitis. We also present the characteristics of magnetic resonance imaging in xanthogranulomatous prostatitis which has never been previously described.
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Lee HY, Kuo YT, Tsai SY, Li CC, Wu WJ, Huang CH, Juan YS. Are you the author?
Department of Urology, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
Reference: Clin Imaging. 2012 Nov;36(6):858-60.
doi: 10.1016/j.clinimag.2012.01.034
PubMed Abstract
PMID: 23154024
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