Xanthogranulomatous prostatitis: a rare entity resembling prostate adenocarcinoma with magnetic resonance image picture

Xanthogranulomatous Prostatitis, a Rare Prostatic Entity

“…Xanthogranulomatous prostatitis is considered among those pathologies and can clinically behave as a prostatic carcinoma. The first case report and description of this pathology was made in Poland by Miekoś et al 1 in 1986, and 15 cases have been reported in worldwide literature since, the most recent ones in India 2 and South Korea 3 . In this article, we present a case report of a patient with clinical suspicion of prostatic carcinoma and histopathological report of xanthogranulomatous prostatitis.…”

Dramatic Enlargement of the Prostate due to Xanthogranulomatous Inflammation

“…The disease process can occur locally or, more severely, can cause a diffuse and complete obliteration of normal tissue within the affected organ. Diagnosis is based on pathology with immunohistochemical staining, as there are no imaging modalities that can definitively differentiate between this entity and similar‐appearing malignant lesions . Treatment standard is usually surgical and extirpative, although treatment with antibiotics and/or supportive therapy has been successful in certain organ systems …”

Hematospermia and xanthogranulomatous prostatitis: An unusual onset of a rare diagnosis

“…4,11 The transrectal ultrasound and magnetic resonance image cannot distinguish this entity from prostatic malignancy, but generally the ultrasound shows hypoechoic lesions. 12 The final diagnosis can only be achieved by histopathological examination of the prostate. The histological feature of xanthogranulomatous prostatitis is the presence of macrophages with foamy cytoplasm "xanthomatous cells" (CD68+) in the mixed flogistic infiltrate with multinucleated giant cells.…”