A rare case of granulomatous prostatitis caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis

✍ Scribed by Sadýk Tamsel; Refik Killi; Yesim Ertan; Gulgun Demirpolat

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2006
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 181 KB
• Volume: 35
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0091-2751
• DOI: 10.1002/jcu.20251

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

We report a rare case of infective granulomatous prostatitis caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis that may be mistaken for prostatic carcinoma, both on clinical examination and transrectal sonography (TRUS). A large hypoechoic mass was detected in the prostate of a 46‐year‐old man during TRUS and histopathologic examination after TRUS‐guided biopsies reported the diagnosis of tuberculous prostatitis. We herein describe the clinical and TRUS findings of this case. © 2006 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Clin Ultrasound, 2006