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. 2003;5(Suppl 5):S3–S11.

Table 1.

Differential Diagnosis of Benign Prostatic Hypertrophy: Additional Causes of Bladder Outlet Obstruction

  • Vesicle neck obstruction

  • Prostate cancer

  • Müllerian duct cyst

  • Urethral obstruction (strictures, valves)

  • Paradetrusor contractility (neurogenic, myogenic, or psychogenic origin)

  • Detrusor instability

  • Hyperreflexia

  • Inflammatory and infectious conditions (cystitis): bacterial cystitis, abacterial cystitis, interstitial tuberculosis

  • Radiation

  • Carcinoma in situ

  • Prostatitis syndromes

  • Acute bacterial prostatitis

  • Chronic bacterial prostatitis

  • Chronic abacterial prostatitis

  • Fungal prostatitis

  • Miscellaneous prostatitis