Julien Sarkis1, Georges Nawfal2, Elias El-Haddad3, Georges Abi Tayeh1, Nathalie Mahfoud4, Pierre Sarkis5. 1. Department of Urology, Hôtel-Dieu de France Hospital, Beirut, Lebanon. 2. Department of Radiology, Saint Joseph Hospital, Beirut, Lebanon. 3. Department of Radiology, Hôtel-Dieu de France Hospital, Beirut, Lebanon. 4. Department of Pathology, Saint Joseph Hospital, Beirut, Lebanon. 5. Department of Urology, Saint Joseph Hospital, Beirut, Lebanon.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Granulomatous prostatitis (GnP) is an interesting complication of bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) therapy as it mimics prostate cancer on clinical, biochemical and imaging examinations. In the era of multiparametric prostate MRI (mpMRI), differentiation of GnP from prostate cancer on imaging is essential. CASE PRESENTATION: We report a case of post-BCG GnP in a patient with nonmuscle invasive bladder cancer, presenting with a prostate-specific antigen level of 21.6 ng/ml and prostate imaging reporting and data system (PI-RADS) 5 peripheral lesions. A mpMRI performed 6 months before showed a score 2 of PI-RADS. CONCLUSION: The comparison of mpMRI images before and after BCG administration gives urologists, oncologists and radiologists a precise idea of the mpMRI changes that occur following BCG administration to eventually prevent unnecessary biopsies in future patients.
BACKGROUND: Granulomatous prostatitis (GnP) is an interesting complication of bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) therapy as it mimics prostate cancer on clinical, biochemical and imaging examinations. In the era of multiparametric prostate MRI (mpMRI), differentiation of GnP from prostate cancer on imaging is essential. CASE PRESENTATION: We report a case of post-BCG GnP in a patient with nonmuscle invasive bladder cancer, presenting with a prostate-specific antigen level of 21.6 ng/ml and prostate imaging reporting and data system (PI-RADS) 5 peripheral lesions. A mpMRI performed 6 months before showed a score 2 of PI-RADS. CONCLUSION: The comparison of mpMRI images before and after BCG administration gives urologists, oncologists and radiologists a precise idea of the mpMRI changes that occur following BCG administration to eventually prevent unnecessary biopsies in future patients.
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