TY  - JOUR
T1  - PRostatic abscess
AU  - PETERSON A
Y1  - 1929/01/12
N1  - 10.1001/jama.1929.02700280034011
JO  - Journal of the American Medical Association
SP  - 130
EP  - 134
VL  - 92
IS  - 2
N2  - 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
SN  - 0002-9955
M3  - doi: 10.1001/jama.1929.02700280034011
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.1929.02700280034011
ER  -