Prostatic mycosis: nonsurgical diagnosis and management.
Mycotic prostatitis is usually found incidentally at autopsy or in surgically removed prostates. A seventy-nine-year-old man with mycotic prostatitis presented with prostatism. A non-operative diagnosis was established by needle biopsy of the prostate. Symptoms of prostatism improved with medical management. A review of prostatic mycosis is presented.
D000368:Aged; D001759:Blastomycosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011467:Prostate / Q000473:pathology; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D011472:Prostatitis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology