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Affiliation
Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
Authors
Berger R, Chronic Prostatitis Collaborative Research Network Study Group, Elmi A, Landis JR, Propert KJ, Shoskes DA, Zeitlin S
Studies
Citation
Shoskes DA, Berger R, Elmi A, Landis JR, Propert KJ, Zeitlin S, Chronic Prostatitis Collaborative Research Network Study Group. Muscle tenderness in men with chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome: the chronic prostatitis cohort study. J Urol 2008 Feb;179(2):556-60. Epub 2007 Dec 21.Abstract
Myofascial pain is a possible etiology for category III chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome, either secondary to infection/inflammation or as the primary cause. We documented tenderness on physical examination in a large multicenter cohort of patients with chronic pelvic pain syndrome and compared to controls.