Intraprostatic abscess as a complication of salvage cryotherapy

We present a case of prostatic abscess as a previously unreported complication of salvage cryoablation after initial external beam radiotherapy for prostate cancer. An 81-years-old gentleman presented with recurrent urinary tract infection, unresolved after repeated antibiotic treatments, and severe abdominal, back, and perineal pain that developed 2 weeks after undergoing cryotherapy at an outside institution. The patient required open operative drainage of 6 cm prostatic abscess-like cavity noted on computed tomography pelvis and long-term outpatient intravenous antibiotics. This is the first published instance of cryoablation therapy associated with prostatic abscess.