Chronic perineal pain.
The "ideal case" for doctors dealing with acute medical or surgical patients has a clearly defined disease that is amenable to treatment. A successful outcome should make both doctor and patient happy. The truly depressing patient has no recognizable disease and little prospect of treatment. Such is frequently the case with men complaining of chronic perineal pain.
D000328:Adult; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005832:Genital Diseases, Male / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010146:Pain / Q000209:etiology*; D010502:Perineum; D011602:Psychophysiologic Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis; D014570:Urologic Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis