title: [Verumontanum hypertrophy in chronic prostatitis].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the relationship of verumontanum hypertrophy with chronic prostatitis.
  
  
  METHODS
  Fifty-two patients with chronic prostatitis underwent cystourethroscopy for comparing the size of the verumontanum before and after treatment.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Before treatment, all the patients showed different degrees verumontanum hypertrophy, of whom 50 were treated by conventional drug therapy, and the other 2 with voiding dysfunction by drug therapy combined with transurethral resection. Cystourethroscopy revealed significantly decreased size of the verumontanum in 44 of the patients after treatment (P < 0.05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Patients with chronic prostatitis often have verumontanum hypertrophy, which could be an indicator of the effect of treatment.
authors: Department of Urology, Jingbian County People's Hospital, Jingbian, Shaanxi 718500, China.
authors: Qing-Zhong
authors: QZ
authors: Chen
authors: Yong
authors: Y
authors: Feng
authors: Wei
authors: W
authors: Li
authors: Jun-Ze
authors: JZ
authors: Zhang
authors: Shao-Feng
authors: SF
authors: Yan
authors: Wen-Zhang
authors: WZ
authors: Chen
authors: Li
authors: L
authors: Jing
authors: Tao
authors: T
authors: Shi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005837:Genitalia, Male / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D006984:Hypertrophy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011472:Prostatitis / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D055815:Young Adult