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#redirect [[Prostate_gland#Atypical_small_acinar_proliferation]]
'''Atypical small acinar proliferation''', abbreviated ''ASAP'', is a small number of [[prostate gland|prostate glands]] that are abnormal and suspicious for [[prostate carcinoma|carcinoma]].
 
It is also known as '''suspicious for carcinoma'''.<ref>THvdK. 19 June 2010.</ref> ASAP is preferred as it does not contain the word ''carcinoma'' and, thus, cannot be misread as ''carcinoma'', i.e. positive for malignancy.
 
==General==
*It is a [[waffle diagnosis]], i.e. it is not considered an entity with a distinct pathobiology.<ref name=pmid17378841>{{cite journal |author=Flury SC, Galgano MT, Mills SE, Smolkin ME, Theodorescu D |title=Atypical small acinar proliferation: biopsy artefact or distinct pathological entity |journal=BJU International |volume=99 |issue=4 |pages=780-5 |year=2007 |month=January |pmid= 17378841 |doi= |url=http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/118508438/abstract}}</ref>
**Analogous to ''[[ASCUS]]'' on a pap test.
*ASAP should be used sparingly.
**One benchmark is < 3-5% of biopsies.<ref>THvdK. 19 June 2010.</ref>
*Never diagnosed on excision, i.e. prostatectomy specimen.
 
===Association with adenocarcinoma===
*On subsequent [[biopsy]] - chance of finding [[adenocarcinoma]] is approximately 40%; this is higher than if there is [[high-grade prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia]] (HGPIN).<ref>{{cite journal |author=Leite KR, Camara-Lopes LH, Cury J, Dall'oglio MF, Sañudo A, Srougi M |title=Prostate cancer detection at rebiopsy after an initial benign diagnosis: results using sextant extended prostate biopsy |journal=Clinics |volume=63 |issue=3 |pages=339–42 |year=2008 |month=June |pmid=18568243 |doi= |url=http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1807-59322008000300009&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en}}</ref>
 
===Management===
*ASAP is considered an indication for re-biopsy;<ref>{{cite journal |author=Bostwick DG, Meiers I |title=Atypical small acinar proliferation in the prostate: clinical significance in 2006 |journal=Arch. Pathol. Lab. Med. |volume=130 |issue=7 |pages=952–7 |year=2006 |month=July |pmid=16831049 |doi= |url=http://journals.allenpress.com/jrnlserv/?request=get-abstract&issn=0003-9985&volume=130&page=952}}</ref> in one survey of [[urologist]]s<ref>{{cite journal |author=Rubin MA, Bismar TA, Curtis S, Montie JE |title=Prostate needle biopsy reporting: how are the surgical members of the Society of Urologic Oncology using pathology reports to guide treatment of prostate cancer patients? |journal=Am. J. Surg. Pathol. |volume=28 |issue=7 |pages=946–52 |year=2004 |month=July |pmid=15223967 |doi= |url=}}</ref> 41/42 (~98%) of respondents considered it a sufficient reason to re-biopsy.
 
==Microscopic==
Features:
*Atypical appearing acini.
*Limited extent - '''key feature'''.
**Less than six glands.
 
Note:
*Deeper cuts didn't yield anything - '''important'''.
 
DDx:
*[[Prostatic adenocarcinoma]].
*Benign prostate.
**Adenosis of the prostate.
**Sclerosing adenosis of the prostate.
 
==IHC==
*Generally ''not'' contributory.
 
Usually stains like cancer:
*AMACR +ve.
*CK34betaE12 -ve.
*p63 -ve.
 
==See also==
*[[Waffle diagnosis]].
*[[Prostate gland]].
 
==References==
{{Reflist|2}}


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Revision as of 01:26, 18 March 2014

Atypical small acinar proliferation, abbreviated ASAP, is a small number of prostate glands that are abnormal and suspicious for carcinoma.

It is also known as suspicious for carcinoma.[1] ASAP is preferred as it does not contain the word carcinoma and, thus, cannot be misread as carcinoma, i.e. positive for malignancy.

General

  • It is a waffle diagnosis, i.e. it is not considered an entity with a distinct pathobiology.[2]
    • Analogous to ASCUS on a pap test.
  • ASAP should be used sparingly.
    • One benchmark is < 3-5% of biopsies.[3]
  • Never diagnosed on excision, i.e. prostatectomy specimen.

Association with adenocarcinoma

Management

  • ASAP is considered an indication for re-biopsy;[5] in one survey of urologists[6] 41/42 (~98%) of respondents considered it a sufficient reason to re-biopsy.

Microscopic

Features:

  • Atypical appearing acini.
  • Limited extent - key feature.
    • Less than six glands.

Note:

  • Deeper cuts didn't yield anything - important.

DDx:

IHC

  • Generally not contributory.

Usually stains like cancer:

  • AMACR +ve.
  • CK34betaE12 -ve.
  • p63 -ve.

See also

References

  1. ↑ THvdK. 19 June 2010.
  2. ↑ Flury SC, Galgano MT, Mills SE, Smolkin ME, Theodorescu D (January 2007). "Atypical small acinar proliferation: biopsy artefact or distinct pathological entity". BJU International 99 (4): 780-5. PMID 17378841. http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/118508438/abstract.
  3. ↑ THvdK. 19 June 2010.
  4. ↑ Leite KR, Camara-Lopes LH, Cury J, Dall'oglio MF, Sañudo A, Srougi M (June 2008). "Prostate cancer detection at rebiopsy after an initial benign diagnosis: results using sextant extended prostate biopsy". Clinics 63 (3): 339–42. PMID 18568243. http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1807-59322008000300009&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en.
  5. ↑ Bostwick DG, Meiers I (July 2006). "Atypical small acinar proliferation in the prostate: clinical significance in 2006". Arch. Pathol. Lab. Med. 130 (7): 952–7. PMID 16831049. http://journals.allenpress.com/jrnlserv/?request=get-abstract&issn=0003-9985&volume=130&page=952.
  6. ↑ Rubin MA, Bismar TA, Curtis S, Montie JE (July 2004). "Prostate needle biopsy reporting: how are the surgical members of the Society of Urologic Oncology using pathology reports to guide treatment of prostate cancer patients?". Am. J. Surg. Pathol. 28 (7): 946–52. PMID 15223967.
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