Difference between revisions of "Prostate gland"
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*Abundant eosinophilic (or hyperchromatic) cytoplasm - '''key feature'''. | *Abundant eosinophilic (or hyperchromatic) cytoplasm - '''key feature'''. | ||
*Gland size larger than "typical" prostate cancer. | *Gland size larger than "typical" prostate cancer. | ||
Image: [http://www.nature.com/modpathol/journal/v17/n3/fig_tab/3800050f11.html#figure-title Foamy gland carcinoma (nature.com)]. | |||
===Pseudohyperplastic prostatic adenocarcinoma=== | ===Pseudohyperplastic prostatic adenocarcinoma=== | ||
Features: | Features:<ref name=Ref_GUP77>{{Ref GUP|77}}</ref><ref name=pmid14688829>PMID 14688829.</ref> | ||
*Medium to large glands with an atypical morphology - '''key low power feature''': | |||
**Papillary or pseudopapillary infoldings, luminal undulations, branching or cystic dilatation. | |||
*Nuclear features of conventional prostate cancer (nucleoli, nuclear enlargement). | |||
Image: [http://www.nature.com/modpathol/journal/v17/n3/fig_tab/3800050f13.html Pseudohyperplastic prostatic adenocarcinoma (nature.com)]. | |||
Notes: | |||
*Usually associated with conventional (acinar) prostate adenocarcinoma. | *Usually associated with conventional (acinar) prostate adenocarcinoma. | ||
*Pale | *Pale abundant cytoplasm - similar to normal prostate. | ||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||