title: Granulomatous cryptococcal prostatitis diagnosed by transrectal biopsy.
abstract: Cryptococcal infection primarily involves the lung and is hematogenously spread to other organs. Sometimes it might affect the genitourinary tract, and rare cases have been reported involving the prostate without systemic infection. We report a case of granulomatous prostatitis as a result of Cryptococcus neoformans yeast in an immunocompromised patient with alcoholic liver cirrhosis, which was diagnosed by transrectal ultrasound guided biopsy and treated with antifungal medication.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Wonkwang University School of Medicine, Iksan, Jeonbuk, Korea. seraph@wonkwang.ac.kr
authors.forename: Ill Young
authors.initials: IY
authors.lastname: Seo
authors.forename: Hee Jong
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Jeong
authors.forename: Ki Jung
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Yun
authors.forename: Joung Sik
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Rim
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000935:Antifungal Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001706:Biopsy; D003453:Cryptococcosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000601:surgery; D003455:Cryptococcus neoformans / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D015725:Fluconazole / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006099:Granuloma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009336:Necrosis; D011472:Prostatitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000601:surgery; D012007:Rectum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D014463:Ultrasonography
chemical_list: D000935:Antifungal Agents; D015725:Fluconazole