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==Adenoid cystic/basal cell carcinoma of the prostate==
==Adenoid cystic/basal cell carcinoma of the prostate==
*Abbreviated ''ACBCC''.
*Abbreviated ''ACBCC''.
===General===
{{Main|Adenoid cystic/basal cell carcinoma of the prostate}}
*Rare.
*Typically indolent - may be aggressive.<ref name=pmid14657711>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Iczkowski | first1 = KA. | last2 = Ferguson | first2 = KL. | last3 = Grier | first3 = DD. | last4 = Hossain | first4 = D. | last5 = Banerjee | first5 = SS. | last6 = McNeal | first6 = JE. | last7 = Bostwick | first7 = DG. | title = Adenoid cystic/basal cell carcinoma of the prostate: clinicopathologic findings in 19 cases. | journal = Am J Surg Pathol | volume = 27 | issue = 12 | pages = 1523-9 | month = Dec | year = 2003 | doi =  | PMID = 14657711 }}</ref>
 
===Microscopic===
Features:
*[[Adenoid cystic carcinoma]]-like and [[basal cell adenoma]]-like:
**Nests of cells that have round spaces filled by whispy blue mucin.
**Dense collagenous stroma.
 
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===IHC===
*HER2/neu +ve (strong).<ref name=pmid17142577>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Iczkowski | first1 = KA. | last2 = Montironi | first2 = R. | title = Adenoid cystic/basal cell carcinoma of the prostate strongly expresses HER-2/neu. | journal = J Clin Pathol | volume = 59 | issue = 12 | pages = 1327-30 | month = Dec | year = 2006 | doi = 10.1136/jcp.2005.035147 | PMID = 17142577 }}</ref>


=Metastatic disease and other cancers of the prostate=
=Metastatic disease and other cancers of the prostate=
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