• Rev Med Interne · Aug 2020

    Case Reports

    [An abscessed granulomatous prostatitis].

    • K Chevalier, J Ferreira, D Cabral, M de Laroche, T Hanslik, and J-E Kahn.
    • Service de Médecine Interne, Hôpital Ambroise Paré, Université Paris Saclay, 9 Avenue Charles de Gaulle, 92100 Boulogne-Billancourt, France. Electronic address: kevin.chevalier@aphp.fr.
    • Rev Med Interne. 2020 Aug 1; 41 (8): 562-566.

    IntroductionProstatic abscesses are usually diagnosed in the setting of bacterial prostatitis. Rarely, they reveal or complicate granulomatous prostatitis.Case ReportA 55-year-old man was admitted for acute urinary retention. Urine culture was sterile, with leukocyturia > 106/ml. After failure of antibiotic therapy with cefotaxime, CT scan revealed a necrotic prostatic collection and a nodular non-necrotic tissular lesion in the left upper lung lobe. Trans-rectal drainage of the prostatic lesion and lung biopsies revealed granuloma with multinucleated giant cells (without mycobacteria). The diagnosis of granulomatosis with polyangiitis was confirmed by high level of anti-proteinase 3 antibodies. Treatment with steroids and rituximab resulted in apyrexia, regression of the inflammatory syndrome and clinical manifestations.ConclusionThe diagnosis of granulomatosis with polyangiitis should be considered in the presence of a non-infectious granulomatous prostatitis with systemic involvement.Copyright © 2020. Published by Elsevier Masson SAS.

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