title: Cryptococcal prostatic abscess in an immunocompromised patient: a case report and review of the literature.
abstract: A case of cryptococcal prostatic abscess in a 65-year-old Chinese man with immunosuppression from treatment of myasthenia gravis is presented. The patient was diagnosed to have cryptococcaemia when he presented with fever and urinary symptoms. Further investigations confirmed cryptococcal meningitis and imaging studies showed a hypodense lesion in the prostate. This proved to be an abscess and it was deroofed transurethrally. Histology of the prostatic tissue revealed the presence of Cryptococcus. The prostate can be a site of persistent cryptococcal infection and may take the form of an abscess. It should be drained transurethrally to prevent relapse.
authors: Department of Urology, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore.
authors: S K
authors: SK
authors: Yip
authors: C
authors: C
authors: Cheng
authors: M Y
authors: MY
authors: Wong
authors: B H
authors: BH
authors: Tan
authors: C S
authors: CS
authors: Sim
authors: S H
authors: SH
authors: Lim
mesh_terms: D000038:Abscess / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000276:immunology; D000368:Aged; D003453:Cryptococcosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D016867:Immunocompromised Host; D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008297:Male; D016919:Meningitis, Cryptococcal / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000276:immunology; D009157:Myasthenia Gravis / Q000188:drug therapy; D011469:Prostatic Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents