title: Primary cryptococcal prostatitis--rare occurrence.
abstract: Cryptococcosis is a well recognized infection in immunocompromised patients. Cryptococcal infection primarily involves the lung and is hematogeneously spread to other organs. Sometimes it might affect the genitourinary tract. The prostate gland is a rare site of primary infection due to cryptococcus neoformans. We report a case of granulomatous inflammation in the prostate as a result of crypyococcus neoformans infection in a 70 year old immunocompetent patient, a non diabetic, which was diagnosed by transrectal ultrasound guided biopsy.
authors.affiliation: Pathology Department, TN Medical College & BYLNair Hospital, Mumbai--400034.
authors.forename: Vinaya B
authors.initials: VB
authors.lastname: Shah
authors.forename: Pallavi A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Patil
authors.forename: Vipul
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Agrawa
authors.forename: Harish K
authors.initials: HK
authors.lastname: Kaswan
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003453:Cryptococcosis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003455:Cryptococcus neoformans; D006099:Granuloma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011472:Prostatitis / Q000175:diagnosis*