Extensive Prostatic Abscess in an Elderly Patient Requiring Multidisciplinary Drainage.

ABSTRACT: Background. Prostatic abscess is rare and mainly affects immunocompromised individuals, classically presenting with both systemic and lower urinary tract symptoms. Our case is unique as the patient presented with an exceptionally long duration of symptoms prior to seeing a health-care provider, had no systemic symptoms, and was managed via a multidisciplinary approach. Case Presentation. We present a case of a 70-year-old man with type-two diabetes who endured two months of lower urinary tract symptoms and constipation without systemic symptoms prior to seeking medical attention. He had a positive urinalysis and culture and was initially thought to have a urinary tract infection; however, computed tomography scan revealed a large, complex, and multiloculated prostatic abscess

SUBMITTER: Nesemann JM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7298311 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature