title: Successful percutaneous transperineal drainage of a large prostatic abscess.
abstract: We present a case of an 83-year-old man with septic shock secondary to an extremely large prostatic abscess. Antibiotics and transperineal percutaneous drainage with a suprapubic-type Malecot catheter successfully treated the abscess. Follow-up images reveal resolution of the abscess. Broad-spectrum antibiotics and drainage permitted a full recovery.
authors.affiliation: Urology Department, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY 10467, USA. bmason007@gmail.com
authors.forename: Barry M
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Mason
authors.forename: A Ari
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Hakimi
authors.forename: Kevin J
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Clerkin
authors.forename: Jose V
authors.initials: JV
authors.lastname: Silva
mesh_terms: D000038:Abscess / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000601:surgery*; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D057785:Catheters; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D004322:Drainage / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011472:Prostatitis / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000601:surgery*; D012074:Remission Induction; D012772:Shock, Septic / Q000209:etiology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents