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==Normal==  
==Normal==  
===Prostate===
*Glands have two cell layers (similar to glands in breast).
*Glands have two cell layers (similar to glands in breast).
**Second cell layer may be difficult to see (like in breast).
**Second cell layer may be difficult to see (like in breast).
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**Very important - helps on differentiate from Gleason pattern 3.
**Very important - helps on differentiate from Gleason pattern 3.
*Luminal epithelium often clear.
*Luminal epithelium often clear.
*Single nucleus.


Negatives:
*No nucleoli present (if you see nuclei think: cancer, HGPIN, reactive changes, basal cell hyperplasia).
*No nucleoli present (if you see nuclei think: cancer, HGPIN, reactive changes, basal cell hyperplasia).
*Single nucleus.
*No mitoses - these are uncommon... even in high grade prostate cancer.
*No mitoses - these are uncommon... even in high grade prostate cancer.


Benign normal:
*Corpora amylacea.  
*Corpora amylacea.  
**Round/ovoid-eosinophilic bodies -- with laminations (layered appearance).
**Round/ovoid-eosinophilic bodies -- with laminations (layered appearance).
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**These should be differentiated from ''eosinophilic proteinaceous debris'' - which is associated with cancer.
**These should be differentiated from ''eosinophilic proteinaceous debris'' - which is associated with cancer.


Male accessory glands:
*Mucinous glands at the apex of the prostate = ''Cowper's gland'' (AKA ''bulbourethral gland''), resemble (mucinous) [[salivary gland]]s.<ref>PR. September 2009.</ref>
*Mucinous glands at the apex of the prostate = ''Cowper's gland'' (AKA ''bulbourethral gland''), resemble (mucinous) [[salivary gland]]s.<ref>PR. September 2009.</ref>


===IHC===
====IHC of normal prostate====
Normal prostate:  
Normal prostate:  
AMACR-, p63+, HMWCK+, PSA+, PSAP+.
*AMACR-, p63+, HMWCK+, PSA+, PSAP+.
 
===Seminal vesicles===
*Leaf-like architecture - epithelial component clustered closely, looks like it connects.
*Lipofuscin.
*Nucleoli - common.
 
Images:
*[http://dspace.udel.edu:8080/dspace/bitstream/19716/2016/1/cmrsvlm3.GIF SV (udel.edu)].


==Common diagnoses==
==Common diagnoses==
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