title: Epidemiology and evaluation of chronic pelvic pain syndrome in men.
abstract: Chronic pelvic pain syndrome (CPPS), formerly known as chronic abacterial prostatitis, is characterised by pelvic or perineal pain without evidence of urinary tract infection. It manifests as pain in a variety of areas including the perineum, rectum, prostate, penis, testicles and abdomen [Litwin MS, McNaughton-Collins M, Fowler Jr FJ, Nickel JC, Calhoun EA, Pontari MA, et al. The National Institutes of Health chronic prostatitis symptom index: development and validation of a new outcome measure. Chronic Prostatitis Collaborative Research Network. J Urol 1999;2:369-75]. It is also frequently associated with symptoms including urinary urgency, frequency, hesitancy and poor or interrupted flow. CPPS may be associated with white cells in the prostatic secretions (inflammatory) (NIH-3A), or white cell absence in the prostatic secretions (non-inflammatory) (NIH-3B) [Krieger JN, Nyberg Jr L, Nickel JC. NIH consensus definition and classification of prostatitis. JAMA 1999;3:236-7].
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA. ajschaeffer@northwestern.edu
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Schaeffer
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011472:Prostatitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000191:economics / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000503:physiopathology