Which of the following is NOT a common cause of elevated PSA levels?

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Which of the following is NOT a common cause of elevated PSA levels?

PSA elevation is most often linked to processes that involve the prostate gland. The prostate produces PSA, so conditions that increase prostate size or cause inflammation or malignant change tend to raise PSA levels. Benign prostatic hyperplasia enlarges the gland, leading to higher PSA. Prostatitis or infection inflames prostate tissue and can boost PSA as well. Prostate cancer disrupts prostatic cells and often elevates PSA, sometimes markedly. Varicocele involves dilation of the veins draining the testicle and does not affect the prostate or its PSA production. Because it doesn’t alter the prostate tissue or its secretory activity, it is not a common cause of elevated PSA.

PSA elevation is most often linked to processes that involve the prostate gland. The prostate produces PSA, so conditions that increase prostate size or cause inflammation or malignant change tend to raise PSA levels. Benign prostatic hyperplasia enlarges the gland, leading to higher PSA. Prostatitis or infection inflames prostate tissue and can boost PSA as well. Prostate cancer disrupts prostatic cells and often elevates PSA, sometimes markedly.

Varicocele involves dilation of the veins draining the testicle and does not affect the prostate or its PSA production. Because it doesn’t alter the prostate tissue or its secretory activity, it is not a common cause of elevated PSA.

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