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'''Prostatic-type polyp''' is an uncommon polyp of the genitourinary tract. | '''Prostatic-type polyp''' is an uncommon polyp of the [[genitourinary pathology|genitourinary tract]]. It is typically centered on the verumontanum of the [[prostate gland]] and projects into the [[urethra]]. | ||
It may be referred to as '''verumontanum mucosa gland hyperplasia''';<ref name=pmid7802135>{{Cite journal | last1 = Gagucas | first1 = RJ. | last2 = Brown | first2 = RW. | last3 = Wheeler | first3 = TM. | title = Verumontanum mucosal gland hyperplasia. | journal = Am J Surg Pathol | volume = 19 | issue = 1 | pages = 30-6 | month = Jan | year = 1995 | doi = | PMID = 7802135 }}</ref> however, Muezzinoglu ''et al.'' suggest they are a separate entity.<ref name=pmid11231483>{{Cite journal | last1 = Muezzinoglu | first1 = B. | last2 = Erdamar | first2 = S. | last3 = Chakraborty | first3 = S. | last4 = Wheeler | first4 = TM. | title = Verumontanum mucosal gland hyperplasia is associated with atypical adenomatous hyperplasia of the prostate. | journal = Arch Pathol Lab Med | volume = 125 | issue = 3 | pages = 358-60 | month = Mar | year = 2001 | doi = 10.1043/0003-9985(2001)125<0358:VMGHIA>2.0.CO;2 | PMID = 11231483 }}</ref> | |||
==General== | ==General== | ||
*Hematuria - classic presentation.<ref>{{Cite journal | last1 = Chan | first1 = JK. | last2 = Chow | first2 = TC. | last3 = Tsui | first3 = MS. | title = Prostatic-type polyps of the lower urinary tract: three histogenetic types? | journal = Histopathology | volume = 11 | issue = 8 | pages = 789-801 | month = Aug | year = 1987 | doi = | PMID = 2442088 }}</ref> | *Hematuria - classic presentation.<ref name=pmid2442088>{{Cite journal | last1 = Chan | first1 = JK. | last2 = Chow | first2 = TC. | last3 = Tsui | first3 = MS. | title = Prostatic-type polyps of the lower urinary tract: three histogenetic types? | journal = Histopathology | volume = 11 | issue = 8 | pages = 789-801 | month = Aug | year = 1987 | doi = | PMID = 2442088 }}</ref> | ||
*Uncommon - as a separate specimen. | |||
**Relatively common in prostatectomy specimens if one looks for it; 14% of cases in series of 341 cases.<ref name=pmid7802135/> | |||
==Microscopic== | ==Microscopic== | ||
Features:<ref name=Ref_Uropath470>{{Ref Uropath|470}}</ref> | Features:<ref name=Ref_Uropath470>{{Ref Uropath|470}}</ref> | ||
*Benign prostatic type epithelium | *Benign prostatic type epithelium or transitional type epithelium. | ||
**Cuboidal to low columnar cells with basal cell layer. | |||
**+/-Corpora amylacea. | |||
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*[[Prostatic ductal carcinoma]].<ref name=Ref_Uropath470/> | *[[Prostatic ductal carcinoma]].<ref name=Ref_Uropath470/> | ||
==IHC== | |||
*PSA +ve.<ref name=Ref_Uropath471>{{Ref Uropath|471}}</ref><ref name=pmid2442088/> | |||
==See also== | ==See also== |
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