title: [Osteitis pubis as a similarity with prostatitis].
abstract: Twenty-eight male patients with osteitis pubis are reported. The clinical symptoms of this disease are very similar to those of chronic prostatitis. The authors think that if the patients with symptoms of prostatitis (prostatodynia) and the clinical data don't support the diagnosis of chronic prostatitis, the osteitis pubis should be considered. The patients with osteitis pubis often has tenderness over the pubic symphysis, and a plain film of the pubis should make the correct diagnosis.
authors.affiliation: First Affiliated Hospital of Henan Medical University, Zhengzhou.
authors.forename: H Y
authors.initials: HY
authors.lastname: Jiang
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000894:Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010000:Osteitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D011472:Prostatitis / Q000175:diagnosis; D011630:Pubic Bone / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011859:Radiography
chemical_list: D000894:Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal