Chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome (CP/CPPS) has significant variability in its presentation. In this study, we present 2 novel cases of prostatitis in which "buzz" is described as the primary pain symptom. These cases describe patients with the primary complaint of "cell phone-like buzzing" within the perineum, with accompanying urinary symptoms consistent with prostatitis. CP/CP...

BACKGROUND Ovarian vein embolization was recently suggested as the preferred treatment for chronic pelvic pain syndrome. OBJECTIVE To evaluate the technical feasibility, complications and early clinical and radiographic results of ovarian vein embolization in women with pelvic pain syndrome. METHODS Percutaneous transcatheter ovarian vein embolization with coils was performed in six patient...

IC/PBS/CPP a hot topic at the AUA With the innovative NIH/NIDDK Multidisciplinary Approach to the Study of Chronic Pelvic Pain (MAPP) research programme about to be launched, every attention was paid to Interstitial Cystitis/Painful Bladder Syndrome and Chronic Pelvic Pain this year at the AUA, with research varying from the most complex basic science to clinical studies of every description pr...

Chronic pelvic pain is one of the most challenging gynecologic problems seen in primary care practice. Important causes of this problem include endometriosis, pelvic adhesions, chronic pelvic inflammatory disease, and the syndrome of chronic pelvic pain without obvious pathology. The diagnostic approach to chronic pelvic pain begins with a careful medical history and physical examination in con...

Chronic pelvic pain in women is defined as persistent, noncyclic pain perceived to be in structures related to the pelvis and lasting more than six months. Often no specific etiology can be identified, and it can be conceptualized as a chronic regional pain syndrome or functional somatic pain syndrome. It is typically associated with other functional somatic pain syndromes (e.g., irritable bowe...

Chronic pelvic pain syndrome is a conundrum that may be explained partly by pudendal nerve entrapment (PNE), which causes neuropathic pain. In men with PNE, aberrant development and subsequent malpositioning of the ischial spine appear to be associated with athletic activities during their youth. The changes occur during the period of development and ossification of the spinous process of the i...

Chronic prostatitis (CP) refers to "inflammation" of the prostate and is thought to be related to either an acute or chronic infection of the prostate gland. It is important to distinguish chronic prostatitis / chronic pelvic pain syndrome (CPPS) from other forms of infections of the prostate gland which include chronic bacterial prostatitis and acute bacterial prostatitis [1]. The aetiology, p...