According to current studies, COVID-19 might have an impact on semen quality. Therefore, SARS-CoV-2 may affect other traits of male reproductive system, including the prostate. Thus, we recruited patients who experienced COVID-19 infection in-between prostate biopsy and radical prostatectomy and compared prostate samples inflammation, measured with IRANI score, to those who did not. Indeed, we recruited 20 patients, aged 69 (62–73) years, finding no difference between the 10 patients with COVID-19 infection and the others in IRANI score and all its sub-scores. Hence, according to our exploratory and limited results, COVID-19 infection might have no gross effect on prostate inflammation.

The role of COVID-19 in prostate tissue inflammation: first pathological evidence / Pecoraro A.; Morselli S.; Raspollini M.R.; Sebastianelli A.; Nicoletti R.; Manera A.; Campi R.; Liaci A.; Serni S.; Gacci M.. - In: PROSTATE CANCER AND PROSTATIC DISEASES. - ISSN 1365-7852. - ELETTRONICO. - 25:(2022), pp. 370-372. [10.1038/s41391-022-00542-5]

The role of COVID-19 in prostate tissue inflammation: first pathological evidence

Pecoraro A.;Morselli S.;Raspollini M. R.;Sebastianelli A.;Nicoletti R.;Manera A.;Campi R.;Liaci A.;Serni S.;Gacci M.
2022

Abstract

According to current studies, COVID-19 might have an impact on semen quality. Therefore, SARS-CoV-2 may affect other traits of male reproductive system, including the prostate. Thus, we recruited patients who experienced COVID-19 infection in-between prostate biopsy and radical prostatectomy and compared prostate samples inflammation, measured with IRANI score, to those who did not. Indeed, we recruited 20 patients, aged 69 (62–73) years, finding no difference between the 10 patients with COVID-19 infection and the others in IRANI score and all its sub-scores. Hence, according to our exploratory and limited results, COVID-19 infection might have no gross effect on prostate inflammation.
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Goal 3: Good health and well-being
Pecoraro A.; Morselli S.; Raspollini M.R.; Sebastianelli A.; Nicoletti R.; Manera A.; Campi R.; Liaci A.; Serni S.; Gacci M.
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