Acute myocarditis secondary to prostatitis following water vapour thermal therapy for benign prostatic hyperplasia:...

Myocarditis presents with a wide range of symptoms, including chest pain that mimics acute coronary syndrome, heart failure and conduction disturbances. It is typically caused by viral infections, although pharmacological and autoimmune causes are also common, with bacterial myocarditis being rare. Myocarditis is a rare complication of acute prostatitis. Likewise, acute prostatitis can be a complication of water vapour thermal therapy, a relatively new treatment increasingly used for benign prostatic hyperplasia. We present two cases of acute myocarditis following acute prostatitis, both with a recent history of water vapour thermal therapy.