Abstract:To date, the heterogeneous pathophysiology of chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome (CP/CPPS) and bladder pain syndrome/interstitial cystitis (BPS/IC) has not been fully elucidated. Thus, it is difficult to make a full comparison between CP/CPPS and male BPS/IC. Controversy and confusion surrounding the terminologies and classifications of CP/CPPS and BPS/IC complicates the issue. CP/CPPS and male BPS/IC are not mutually exclusive conditions, in that they have similarities in their pathogenesis and … Show more
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