[Encrusted prostatitis: case report and literature review]. / Prostatitis incrustante: caso clínico y revisión de la bibliografía.

We report a case of encrusted prostatitis, term which is not found in MedLine search. Alkaline encrusted cystitis was described 70 years ago and few cases have been described since that time, most of them associated with Corynebacterium infection. In fact, we find these two entities very similar, except for the organ affected. Both present irritative urinary symptoms, alkaline urine and tisular necrosis below a calcification layer. Another entity described in 1993 is encrusted pyelitis, related to patients with immunodeficiency, particularly those with renal transplantation and also associated with ureolytic bacteria. The treatment of encrusted cystitis an pyelitis may include specific antibiotics, urinary acidification and endoscopic excision of the calcified lesions.

Prostatitis incrustante: caso clínico y revisión de la bibliografía / Encrusted prostatitis: case report and literature review

Presentamos un caso clínico de prostatitis incrustante, término que no se encuentra en la búsqueda hecha en MedLine. La cistitis alcalina incrustante se describió hace 70 años y son pocos los casos descritos desde entonces, la mayoría de ellos asociados a infección por Corynebacterium1 . De hecho, consideramos que estas dos entidades son muy similares, excepto en lo que se refiere al órgano afectado. Ambas presentan síntomas urinarios causantes de irritación, orina alcalina y necrosis tisular por debajo de una capa de calcificación. Otra entidad descrita en 1993 es la pielitis incrustante, relacionada con pacientes con inmunodeficiencia, especialmente los receptores de trasplante renal y también asociada a bacterias ureolíticas. El tratamiento de la cistitis y la pielitis incrustantes puede incluir antibióticos específicos, acidificación urinaria y escisión endoscópica de las lesiones calcificadas

We report a case of encrusted prostatitis, term which is not found in MedLine search. Alkaline encrusted cystitis was described 70 years ago and few cases have been described since that time, most of them associated with Corynebacterium infection1 In fact, we find these two entities very similar, except for the organ affected. Both present irritative urinary symptoms, alkaline urine and tisular necrosis below a calcification layer. Another entity described in 1993 is encrusted pyelitis, related to patients with immunodeficiency, particularly those with renal transplantation and also associated with ureolytic bacteria. The treatment of encrusted cystitis an pyelitis may include specific antibiotics, urinary acidification and endoscopic excision of the calcified lesions