IgG4-related prostatitis
Prostate involvement in IgG4-related disease, responsive to steroids.
IgG4-related prostatitis is a manifestation of IgG4-related disease (IgG4-RD) affecting the prostate in men. This fibroinflammatory condition tends to form mass-like lesions and typically responds promptly to steroid therapy. Men with this condition may also have synchronous or metachronous involvement of other body sites.
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- Urology/Immunology
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- Patients commonly present with lower urinary tract symptoms such as dysuria, pollakisuria, urinary urgency, and a feeling of incomplete emptying.
- Pain, as occurs in chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome, does not usually appear to be significant.
- FDG-PET scans have been reported useful for detecting IgG4-related prostatitis in men with IgG4-RD.
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