Difference between revisions of "Prostate gland"

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 Image: [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gleason_4_and_5_intermed_mag.jpg Gleason pattern 4 - small glands & Gleason pattern 5 - single cells (WC)].
+====Special types====
+Special types of prostate cancer have set Gleason scores:<ref name=pmid14976541>{{cite journal |author=Grignon DJ |title=Unusual subtypes of prostate cancer |journal=Mod. Pathol. |volume=17 |issue=3 |pages=316–27 |year=2004 |month=March |pmid=14976541 |doi=10.1038/modpathol.3800052 |url=}}</ref>
+{| class="wikitable sortable"  style="margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto"
+| Special type
+| Gleason pattern
+| Comment
+|-
+|Ductal carcinoma
+| 4
+| may be graded 3 or 5<ref name=bostwicklabs>URL: [https://www.bostwicklaboratories.com/global/physicians/medical-library/articles/gleason-grading.aspx https://www.bostwicklaboratories.com/global/physicians/medical-library/articles/gleason-grading.aspx]. Accessed on: 26 November 2011.</ref>
+|-
+|Mucinous carcinoma
+| 4
+|
+|-
+|Signet ring cell carcinoma
+| 5
+|
+|-
+|Sarcomatoid carcinoma
+| 5
+| glands graded separately
+|-
+|Small cell carcinoma
+| not graded
+| may be graded 5<ref name=bostwicklabs/>
+|-
+|Adenosquamous and squamous carcinoma
+| not graded
+|
+|-
+|Lymphoepithelioma-like carcinoma
+| not graded
+|
+|-
+|Adenoid cystic carcinoma
+| not graded
+|
+|-
+|Urothelial carcinoma
+| not graded
+|
+|-
+|Undifferentiated carcinoma, NOS
+| not graded
+|
+|}
 ===Management===