title: Leukemic infiltration of the prostate causing acute urinary retention.
abstract: A case of early involvement of the prostate by chronic lymphocytic leukemia first manifested by urinary retention is reported. The patient was prostatectomized without specific findings. Only about 60 similar previous cases have been reported in the literature.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D007945:Leukemia, Lymphoid / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D011467:Prostate / Q000473:pathology; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D014555:Urination Disorders / Q000209:etiology*