ABSTRACT
Chronic pain syndromes of the urological area are often frustrating for the patients and their physicians. They can be disabling and for many patients are associated with anxiety about cancer. More often, despite extensive investigations, no etiology is found. The controversy that surrounds these syndromes ranges from questioning their existence to suggesting that they are of psychosomatic origin. The first important step for patients suffering from these pain syndromes is to find a physician who actually knows that these pain syndromes exist. For the patient, the desired goal of treatment is returning to routine activity.
