Prostate cancer differential diagnosis
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Overview
Prostate cancer must be differentiated from benign prostatic hypertrophy, prostatic sarcoma, melanoma of the prostate, and direct invasion of the prostate by rectal adenocarcinoma.
Differential diagnosis
Prostate cancer must be differentiated from:
- Benign prostatic hypertrophy (BPH)
- Renal cancer
- Renal stones
- Bladder cancer
- Cystitis
- Glomerulonephritis
- Benign prostatic hyperplasia
- Prostatitis
- Pyelonephritis