A series of 73 cases of surgically resected prostatic tissue were histologically diagnosed as nodular hyperplasia, of which 10(13.69%) cases had chronic prostatitis. The mean value of prostate specific antigen in prostatic hyperplasia without chronic prostatitis and prostatic hyperplasia with chronic prostatitis were 6.09 nglml and 13.61 nglml respectively. A statistically significant difference of prostate specific antigen level between these two groups were noted (P<.OS)…