Granulomatous cryptococcal prostatitis diagnosed by transrectal biopsy.
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.
Seo
Ill Young
IY
Department of Urology, Wonkwang University School of Medicine, Iksan, Jeonbuk, Korea. seraph@wonkwang.ac.kr
Jeong
Hee Jong
HJ
Yun
Ki Jung
KJ
Rim
Joung Sik
JS
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
D000935:Antifungal Agents; D015725:Fluconazole