TY  - EJOU
AU  - Morris, Kostantinos E. 
AU  - Grimberg, Dominic 
AU  - Moul, Rohith Arcot, Judd W. 

TI  - Aggressive prostate cancer masquerading as acute prostatitis
T2  - Canadian Journal of Urology

PY  - 2021
VL  - 28
IS  - 4
SN  - 1488-5581

AB  - Prostatitis is a common cause of prostate-specific antigen 
(PSA) elevation but can masquerade underlying prostate 
cancer. We present a case of a man with undiagnosed 
prostate cancer whose initial PSA elevation of 
> 999.0 ng/mL was initially ascribed entirely to 
prostatitis. In the setting of possible prostatitis 
clinicians should avoid the knee jerk reaction to blame 
the totality of PSA elevation on prostatitis. A greatly 
elevated PSA may be a sign of an underlying prostate 
cancer and should be explored in the proper clinical 
setting.
KW  - PSA elevation
KW  -  prostatitis
KW  -  prostate  cancer
KW  -  screening PSA

DO  -