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 ==Foamy gland carcinoma==
 *[[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==