Granulomatous prostatitis mimicking prostate cancer on magnetic resonance imaging: report of two cases.

Andreas G. Wibmer, Hebert Alberto Vargas, Hedvig Hricak.

Magnetic resonance imaging is a method of choice in the diagnosis of prostate cancer in case of primary cancer and to determine the staging. But MR-signs inherent in the classical for prostate cancer are not absolutely specific and can be caused by non-malignant pathological process, such as granulomatous prostatitis. This paper presents two clinical cases of patients with histologically confirmed granuloma-tous prostatitis mimicking prostate cancer and reviewed published literature on this issue.
1 - Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Department of Radiology. New York, USA 2 - I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University (Sechenov University). Moscow, Russia.



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Keywords: granulomatous prostatitis, prostate cancer, MRI of the prostate.

 

Corresponding author:Andreas G. Wibmer, e-mail: Этот e-mail адрес защищен от спам-ботов, для его просмотра у Вас должен быть включен Javascript

 

For citation: : Andreas G. Wibmer, Hebert Alberto Vargas, Hedvig Hricak. Granulomatous prostatitis mimicking prostate cancer on magnetic resonance imaging: report of two cases. REJR. 2017; 7 (2):153-157. DOI:10.21569/2222-7415-2017-7-2-153-157./em>

Received: 19.05.2017 Accepted:05.06.2017