[Clinical course of prostatic abscess treated with transperineal drainage].

It is true that appearance of prostate abscesses is currently not so frequent due to the antibiotic therapy available to stop any kind of infectious process which may trigger abscess formation. Even so, it is important to channel right from the beginning the correct diagnosis and treatment in order to avoid, as far as possible, any complications that may derive from the process. This paper deals with the case of a young patient diagnosed in our service with a prostate abscess, and faced with that suspicion we advocated the use of transrectal ultrasound (TRU) as the method for diagnostic imaging. Also, TRU offers great help as guidance in the transperineal puncture, so as to drain the purulent content. It should not be forgotten the valuable information provided by ultrasound to confirm that the treatment used was effective.