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*Common. | *Common. | ||
*Usu. secondary to BCG treatment of bladder cancer. | *Usu. secondary to BCG treatment of bladder cancer. | ||
*Several classification exist<ref name=pmid17092284>{{Cite journal | last1 = Uzoh | first1 = CC. | last2 = Uff | first2 = JS. | last3 = Okeke | first3 = AA. | title = Granulomatous prostatitis. | journal = BJU Int | volume = 99 | issue = 3 | pages = 510-2 | month = Mar | year = 2007 | doi = 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2006.06585.x | PMID = 17092284 | URL = http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1464-410X.2006.06585.x/full }}</ref> - the most commonly used is by ''Epstein & Hutchins''. | |||
Epstein & Hutchins classification:<ref name=pmid6432674>{{Cite journal | last1 = Epstein | first1 = JI. | last2 = Hutchins | first2 = GM. | title = Granulomatous prostatitis: distinction among allergic, nonspecific, and post-transurethral resection lesions. | journal = Hum Pathol | volume = 15 | issue = 9 | pages = 818-25 | month = Sep | year = 1984 | doi = | PMID = 6432674 }}</ref> | |||
* | #Non-specific. | ||
* | #*No cause identified, usu. incidentally discovered. | ||
* | #After TURP. | ||
#Specific. | |||
#*Identifiable infectious agents, usu. BCG (in the context of treating bladder cancer), rarely tuberculosis and even more rarely various fungi and [[syphilis]]. | |||
#Allergic granulomatous prostatitis. | |||
#*Usually associated with eosinophils. | |||
#*Examples: | |||
#*#[[Wegener granulomatosis]]. | |||
#*#[[Churg-Strauss syndrome]]. | |||
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