Granulomatous prostatitis is an uncommon disease of the prostate, an exocrine gland of the male reproductive system. It is a form of prostatitis (prostate inflammation), resulting from infection (bacterial, viral, or fungal), BCG vaccine, malacoplakia or systemic granulomatous diseases which involve the prostate. Pathogenesis
Prostatic secretions escape into the stroma and elicit an inflammatory response. Histopathology
Noticeable destruction of Acini, surrounded by epitheloid cells, giant cells, lymphocytes, plasma cells and dense fibrosis. References


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Presentation
IDF typically presents as a solitary painless, smooth, flesh-colored to red, dome-shaped nodule located on the dorsal or lateral aspect of a finger or toe but sparing the thumb or great toe; they occur principally in the first two years of life with about 1/3 of cases having a lesion since birth. However: 1) lesions with appearances similar to, and diagnosed as, IPF have been described in extra digital sites such as the arm, breast, tongue, thigh, and chest; 2) unusual cases have presented with multiple lesions, i.e. 2–3, uncommonly 7–15, and one case with 74 lesions in a 2018 review study; 3) cases have been reported in children up to the age 10 and one case was reported in a 52-year-old adult; 4) the lesions are typically smaller than 2 cm in maximum diameter but rarely have been tumor-sized, e.g. 4.5 cm; 5) the lesions, particularly when larger-sized, may be painful and/or compromise the functions of nearby joints and digits; and 6) the lesions occasionally invade the periosteum and erode a nearby bone. Pathology
Microscopic histopathological analyses of appropriately dye-stained IDF tissues typically show a non-encapsulated small tumor composed of bundles of uniform spindle-shaped cells that combine physical features of fibroblasts (the most common cell type in connective tissue) with those of myofibroblasts  (contractile, spindle-shaped cells that are identifiable by their expression of α-smooth muscle actin) in a background of collagen fibers. In hematoxylin and eosin-stained tissues, the spindle-shaped cells have pale eosinophilic (i.e.