Pubic Bone Osteomyelitis after Salvage High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound for Prostate Cancer

Authors

Christopher Robison, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic MedicineFollow
R. A. Gor
M. J. Metro

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2-10-2014

Abstract

High-intensity focused ultrasound can be used for the primary treatment of prostate cancer and biochemical recurrence after radical prostatectomy or radiation. Complications of high-intensity focused ultrasound include urinary retention, urethral stenosis, stress incontinence, urinary tract infections, dysuria, impotence, and rarely, rectourethral or rectovesicular fistula. We describe a patient presenting with urinary retention, urinary tract infections and intermittent stress incontinence, later found to be associated with pubic bone osteomyelitis stemming from a prostatopubic fistula.

Publication Title

Current Urology

Volume

7

First Page

149

Last Page

151

Comments

This article was published in Current Urology , Volume 7, Issue 3, February 10, 2014, Pages 149-151.

The published version is available at http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000356268

Copyright © 2014 S. Karger AG, Basel

Recommended Citation

Robison, Christopher; Gor, R. A.; and Metro, M. J., "Pubic Bone Osteomyelitis after Salvage High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound for Prostate Cancer" (2014). PCOM Scholarly Papers. 217.
https://digitalcommons.pcom.edu/scholarly_papers/217