Difference between revisions of "Prostatic stromal tumour of uncertain malignant potential"

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 ==Microscopic==
 Features:
-*Overgrowth of spindle cells.
+*Overgrowth of spindle cells - "hypercellular stroma" - '''key feature'''.<ref name=pmid22388992/>
-*Plump nuclei.<ref name=pmid22388992/>
+*+/-Atypical nuclei.<ref name=pmid22388992/>
 *+/-Multinucleation.
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 *[[Leiomyosarcoma]].
 *[[Rhabdomyosarcoma]].
+===Subclassification===
+May be subclassified as per Gaudin ''et al.'':<ref name=pmid9500215>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Gaudin | first1 = PB. | last2 = Rosai | first2 = J. | last3 = Epstein | first3 = JI. | title = Sarcomas and related proliferative lesions of specialized prostatic stroma: a clinicopathologic study of 22 cases. | journal = Am J Surg Pathol | volume = 22 | issue = 2 | pages = 148-62 | month = Feb | year = 1998 | doi =  | PMID = 9500215 }}
+</ref>
+#Scattered atypical cells with benign glands.
+#Minimal atypical cells.
+#Leaf like growth pattern (phyllodes-like).
+#Atypical cells without glands.
 ===Images===