A large, benign prostatic cyst presented with an extremely high serum prostate-specific antigen level

Han-Kuang Chen1, Richard Pemberton1

  • 1St John of God Subiaco Hospital, Subiaco, Western Australia, Australia.

BMJ Case Reports
|January 10, 2016
PubMed
Summary

A benign intraprostatic cyst, not prostate cancer, caused extremely high prostate specific antigen (PSA) levels in one patient. This finding highlights the importance of considering benign conditions when interpreting elevated PSA.