RT Journal
A1 PETERSON A
T1 PRostatic abscess
JF Journal of the American Medical Association
JO Journal of the American Medical Association
YR 1929
FD January 12
VO 92
IS 2
SP 130
OP 134
DO 10.1001/jama.1929.02700280034011
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.1929.02700280034011
AB Abscess of the prostate may occur in two ways. The first type is due to the direct extension of a gonorrheal infection of the posterior urethra, while the second type occurs as a metastatic involvement of the gland from some distal or general infection. Tuberculosis of the prostate is not considered in this report.The diagnosis of this lesion is usually not difficult; but some patients may lack any positive symptoms directing attention to the prostate, and in others definite softening or fluctuation of the gland does not occur.Harlow Brooks1 tells of a young physician under observation for several weeks who was studied by many physicians before any signs or symptoms of prostatic infection directed attention to the prostate. A probable diagnosis of paratyphoid was made. Only slight rectal irritation late in the disease called attention to the prostate. Rupture took place into the urethra, followed by complete