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| Year : 2012 | Volume
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| Issue : 2 | Page : 204-205 |
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Xanthogranulomatous prostatitis: Rare presentation of rare disease
Rohan S Valsangkar, Dayal P Singh, Durga D Gaur
Department of Urology, Bombay Hospital Institute of Medical Sciences, Marine Lines, Mumbai, India
Correspondence Address:
Rohan S Valsangkar
Room No 719, 7th floor MRC building Bombay Hospital, Marine Lines Mumbai 400 020
India
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DOI: 10.4103/0970-1591.98468
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Granulomatous inflammation of the prostate is a rare type of inflammation of the prostate. It is of various types, with the non-specific type of granulomatous inflammation being the most common. Xanthogranulomatous prostatitis is a rare type of granulomatous prostatitis of which very few cases have been reported. Histologically it is characterized by the presence of pale-looking foamy macrophages. It can be an incidental finding after transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP), although it may mimic prostatic malignancy clinically, biochemically, and rarely histologically. We report a rare case of xanthogranulomatous prostatitis which presented as a prostatic abscess, a presentation never reported in literature so far. The patient was managed with TURP. |
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