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==Foamy gland carcinoma==
==Foamy gland carcinoma==
*[[AKA]] ''foamy gland adenocarcinoma''.<ref name=pmid19033862/>
*[[AKA]] ''foamy gland adenocarcinoma''.<ref name=pmid19033862/>
===General===
{{Main|Foam gland carcinoma}}
*Rare.
*Usually low grade, i.e. Gleason score 6/10.<ref name=pmid19033862>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Zhao | first1 = J. | last2 = Epstein | first2 = JI. | title = High-grade foamy gland prostatic adenocarcinoma on biopsy or transurethral resection: a morphologic study of 55 cases. | journal = Am J Surg Pathol | volume = 33 | issue = 4 | pages = 583-90 | month = Apr | year = 2009 | doi = 10.1097/PAS.0b013e31818a5c6c | PMID = 19033862 }}</ref>
 
===Microscopic===
Features:
*Increased glandular density  - '''key feature'''.
*Eosinophilic intraluminal amorphous secretions - '''key feature'''.
*Abundant foamy cytoplasm.
*Tufted glandular border.
*Gland size larger than "typical" prostate cancer.
 
Note:
*Prominent [[nucleoli]] usually infrequent ''or'' absent!<ref name=pmid19033862/>
 
DDx:
*[[Adenosis of the prostate]].
 
====Images====
<gallery>
Image: Intraluminal eosinophilic crystalloid of prostate gland - high mag.jpg | Intraluminal eosinophilic crystalloid in foamy glands. (WC)
</gallery>
www:
*[http://www.nature.com/modpathol/journal/v17/n3/fig_tab/3800050f11.html#figure-title Foamy gland carcinoma (nature.com)].


==Atrophic prostate carcinoma==
==Atrophic prostate carcinoma==
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