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Number №3, 2025 - page 66-71

Early prostatic abscess after kidney transplantation: a rare clinical case DOI: 10.29188/2222-8543-2025-18-3-66-71

For citation: Polyakov N.V., Trushkin R.N., Medvedev P.E., Ho T.L., Apolikhin O.I., Kaprin A.D. Early prostatic abscess after kidney transplantation: a rare clinical case. Experimental and Clinical Urology 2025;18(3):66-71; https://doi.org/10.29188/2222-8543-2025-18-3-66-71
Polyakov N.V., Trushkin R.N., Medvedev P.E., Ho T.L., Apolikhin O.I., Kaprin A.D.
Information about authors:
  • Polyakov N.V. – PhD, Head of the Reconstructive Urology Group of the Department of General and Reconstructive Urοlοgy of N. Lopatkin Scientific Research Institute of Urology and Interventional Radiology – branch of the National Medical Research Radiological Center of the Ministry of Health of Russian Federation; Moscow, Russia; RSCI Author ID 412267
  • Trushkin R.N. – Dr. Sci., professor of the Department of Urology and Operative Nephrology with a course of oncourology at RUDN University, Head of the Department of Urology of the Moscow Scientific Research Centеr Hospital 52 of the Moscow City Health Department; Moscow, Russia; RSCI Author ID 454825, https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3108-0539
  • Medvedev P.E. – PhD, urologist of the urological department of the Moscow Scientific Research Centеr Hospital 52 of the Moscow City Health Department; Moscow, Russia; RSCI Author ID 1231360, https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4250-0815
  • Tuong Lan Ho – postgraduate student of the Department of Urology and Operative Nephrology with a course in oncourology, RUDN University, https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2873-9053
  • Apolikhin O.I. – Dr. Sci., professor, сor.-member of RAS, director of N. Lopatkin Scientific Research Institute of urology and Interventional Radiology – branch of the National Medical Research Centre of Radiology of Ministry of health of Russian Federation; Moscow, Russia; RSCI Author ID 683661, https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0206-043X
  • Kaprin A.D. – Dr. Sci., professor, academician of RAS, general director of the National Medical Research Centre of Radiology of Ministry of health of Russian Federation, director of P.A. Herzen Institution, Head of Department of Oncology and Radiology named after V.P. Kharchenko of RUDN University; Moscow, Russia; RSCI Author ID 96775, https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8784-8415
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Introduction. Prostatic abscess (PA) is a rare pathological condition occurring in approximately 0.02% of patients with urological diseases. Kidney transplant recipients receiving immunosuppressive therapy are at high risk of developing inflammatory diseases of the urinary tract. PA may occur at any time after kidney transplantation. Diagnosis and treatment of PA in the early post-transplant period require a special approach aimed at both eliminating the infectious process and preserving the function of the transplanted kidney.

Clinical case. The presented clinical case describes a 57-year-old patient who was diagnosed with PA one month after kidney transplantation from a deceased donor. The patient presented with fever and dysuria. Urgent pelvic computed tomography and transrectal ultrasound identified two abscesses located in the left and right prostatic lobes. Transperitoneal puncture drainage was performed, and bacteriological analysis of the purulent material confirmed the presence of Klebsiella pneumonia in 107. The drainage catheter was removed after nine days, leading to the resolution of fever, aleviation of dysuric symptoms, improvement in the prostate’s echographic appearance, and a reduction in serum creatinine levels from 309 to 232 μmol/L. To our knowledge, this represents the first documented case of PA in a kidney transplant recipient occurring in the early post-transplant period.

Conclusion. In renal transplant recipients receiving immunosuppressive therapy, PA may develop very early after transplantation. The use of the correct approach to the treatment of this complication allows achieving favorable results, preventing complications and preserving the function of the transplanted organ.

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