[Table/Fig-1]:

Clinical summary of patients with 17 granulomatous prostatitis.

Case No.	Age	Clinical features	PSA levels	DRE	TRUS	Clinical diagnosis	Specimen type	Histopathological diagnosis
1	67	Irritative voiding	6	Firm, nodular	NL	BPH	TURP	Xanthogranulomatous prostatitis
2	58	Obstructive voiding	7.6	Hard and fixed nodule	NL	BPH	TURP	NSGP
3	63	Irritative and obstructive voiding	5.5	Firm, nodular	NL	BPH	TURP	Xanthogranulomatous prostatitis
4	81	Irritative and obstructive voiding	4.8	Firm, nodular	NL	BPH	TURP	Xanthogranulomatous prostatitis
5	56	Irritative voiding	6.2	Hard and fixed nodule	NL	BPH	TURP	NSGP
6	58	Irritative voiding	2.8	Firm, nodular	NL	BPH	TURP	NSGP
7	70	Irritative and obstructive voiding	6.2	Hard and fixed nodule	NL	BPH	TURP	NSGP
8	67	Irritative and obstructive voiding with haematuria	13.6	Hard and fixed nodule	NL	Carcinoma	NB	NSGP
9	51	Obstructive voiding with fever and haematuria	25.7	Hard and fixed nodule	Focal hypoechoic	Carcinoma	NB	NSGP
10	65	Obstructive voiding	22.3	Hard and fixed nodule	Focal hypoechoic	Carcinoma	NB	NSGP
11	65	Irritative and obstructive voiding	5.2	Hard and fixed nodule	NL	BPH	TURP	xanthogranulomatous prostatitis
12	75	Obstructive voiding	6.2	Firm, nodular	NL	BPH	TURP	xanthogranulomatous prostatitis
13	55	Irritative and obstructive voiding with haematuria	17.7	Firm, nodular	Focal hypoechoic	Carcinoma	NB	Tubercular prostatitis
14	64	Obstructive voiding with fever	20.2	Hard and fixed nodule	Focal hypoechoic	Carcinoma	NB	Tubercular prostatitis
15	72	Irritative and obstructive voiding with fever	16.8	Hard and fixed nodule	NL	BPH	TURP	Tubercular prostatitis
16	65	Obstructive voiding	28.8	Hard and fixed nodule	Focal hypoechoic	Carcinoma	NB	NSGP
17	65	Irritative and obstructive voiding with fever	25.1	Hard and fixed nodule	Focal hypoechoic	Carcinoma	NB	NSGP

*TURP: Transurethral resection of the prostate NB: Needle biopsy. BPH: Benign prostatic hyperplasia. NSGP: Nonspecific granulomatous prostatitis. NL: Normal limits