Difference between revisions of "Prostate gland"
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m (→Gleason pattern 5: true sheets) |
(→Cancer: update gleason -- all cribriform is pattern 4) |
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*Glands smaller than normal prostate glands + loss of epithelial folding. | *Glands smaller than normal prostate glands + loss of epithelial folding. | ||
*Can draw a line around each gland. | *Can draw a line around each gland. | ||
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*All ''cribriform'' is now classified as Gleason pattern 4.<ref name=pmid20006878>{{cite journal |author=Epstein JI |title=An update of the Gleason grading system |journal=J. Urol. |volume=183 |issue=2 |pages=433–40 |year=2010 |month=February |pmid=20006878 |doi=10.1016/j.juro.2009.10.046 |url=}}</ref> | |||
====Gleason pattern 4==== | ====Gleason pattern 4==== | ||
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*Gland fusion. | *Gland fusion. | ||
*Benign looking cords ('hypernephroid pattern'). | *Benign looking cords ('hypernephroid pattern'). | ||
* | *Cribriform. | ||
*One gland is not enough to call Gleason 4. | *One gland is not enough to call Gleason 4. | ||