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When Gas Appears Inside the Prostate: 7 Critical CT Findings in Emphysematous Prostatitis What does it mean when gas is visible inside the prostate on CT? In most cases of acute prostatitis, obvious gas within the prostatic parenchyma is not an expected finding. Therefore, intraprostatic gas should be regarded as a major imaging warning sign , particularly when fever, urinary symptoms, diabetes, renal dysfunction, or systemic inflammatory findings are present. One of the most important possibilities is emphysematous prostatitis , a rare but potentially life-threatening infection in which gas-producing microorganisms generate gas within prostatic tissue. The condition may also progress to an emphysematous prostatic abscess , in which an abscess cavity contains gas. The clinical importance is substantial. A previously reported series of 12 patients with emphysematous prostatic abscess reported a mortality rate of 25% , while diabetes mellitus was present in 10 of the 12 patients (83.3%)....