Prostatitis can be differentiated from prostate cancer using PI-RADS, but there is significant overlap between prostatitis and other benign findings.
Prostatitis is believed to have restricted diffusion with ADC-values ≥ 900 mm2/s.
Borderline pathological PI-RADS scores, indistinct T2-hypointensity, and localization in the transitional zone are other characteristics that seem to make prostatitis probable.
MRS can help to distinguish between prostatitis and other tissue.