Extremely Elevated Prostate-Specific Antigen in Acute Prostatitis: A Case Report

Elevated prostate-specific antigen (PSA) levels are mostly suggestive of prostate cancer, but they are elevated in non-cancerous prostatic conditions as well. However, extreme levels of PSA as reported here have not been observed in cases other than prostatic cancer so far. Our patient had a signifi...

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Autores principales: Nepal, Anamika, Sharma, Prabhat, Bhattarai, Shristi, Mahajan, Zubin, Sharma, Akhya, Sapkota, Ashok, Sharma, Aviskar
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2023
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Family/General Practice
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10505831/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37727194
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.43730
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author Nepal, Anamika
Sharma, Prabhat
Bhattarai, Shristi
Mahajan, Zubin
Sharma, Akhya
Sapkota, Ashok
Sharma, Aviskar
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Bhattarai, Shristi
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Sharma, Akhya
Sapkota, Ashok
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description Elevated prostate-specific antigen (PSA) levels are mostly suggestive of prostate cancer, but they are elevated in non-cancerous prostatic conditions as well. However, extreme levels of PSA as reported here have not been observed in cases other than prostatic cancer so far. Our patient had a significantly elevated PSA of 1,398 ng/mL in acute prostatitis. The purpose of this case report is to review the patient's atypical and rare presentation of extremely high PSA in acute prostatitis in the background of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) and chronic prostatitis.
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spelling pubmed-105058312023-09-19 Extremely Elevated Prostate-Specific Antigen in Acute Prostatitis: A Case Report Nepal, Anamika Sharma, Prabhat Bhattarai, Shristi Mahajan, Zubin Sharma, Akhya Sapkota, Ashok Sharma, Aviskar Cureus Family/General Practice Elevated prostate-specific antigen (PSA) levels are mostly suggestive of prostate cancer, but they are elevated in non-cancerous prostatic conditions as well. However, extreme levels of PSA as reported here have not been observed in cases other than prostatic cancer so far. Our patient had a significantly elevated PSA of 1,398 ng/mL in acute prostatitis. The purpose of this case report is to review the patient's atypical and rare presentation of extremely high PSA in acute prostatitis in the background of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) and chronic prostatitis. Cureus 2023-08-18 /pmc/articles/PMC10505831/ /pubmed/37727194 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.43730 Text en Copyright © 2023, Nepal et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Extremely Elevated Prostate-Specific Antigen in Acute Prostatitis: A Case Report
title Extremely Elevated Prostate-Specific Antigen in Acute Prostatitis: A Case Report
title_full Extremely Elevated Prostate-Specific Antigen in Acute Prostatitis: A Case Report
title_fullStr Extremely Elevated Prostate-Specific Antigen in Acute Prostatitis: A Case Report
title_full_unstemmed Extremely Elevated Prostate-Specific Antigen in Acute Prostatitis: A Case Report
title_short Extremely Elevated Prostate-Specific Antigen in Acute Prostatitis: A Case Report
title_sort extremely elevated prostate-specific antigen in acute prostatitis: a case report
topic Family/General Practice
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10505831/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37727194
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.43730
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