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#redirect [[Prostate_gland#Basal_cell_hyperplasia_of_the_prostate]]
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| Image      = Basal cell hyperplasia of prostate - very high mag.jpg
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| Caption    = Basal cell hyperplasia of prostate. [[H&E stain]]. (WC)
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| Micro      = low power gland architecture near normal, glands usually ''not'' as small as cancer, usu. lack nuclear hyperchromasia, two cell populations (as in normal prostate glands), basal cells may have [[nucleoli]]
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| LMDDx      = urothelial metaplasia, [[prostate carcinoma]]
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| IHC        = basal presents (p63 +ve, CK34betaE12 +ve)
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| Site      = [[prostate gland]]
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| Signs      = none
| Symptoms  = none
| Prevalence = common
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| Rads      = none
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| Prognosis  = benign
| Other      = incidental microscopic finding
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| Tx        = none
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'''Basal cell hyperplasia of the prostate''', also known as '''basal cell hyperplasia''', is a benign change of the [[prostate gland]] that may be misdiagnosed as [[prostate carcinoma]].
 
==General==
*Benign lesion that can be misdiagnosed as cancer.<ref name=pmid6195916>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Cleary | first1 = KR. | last2 = Choi | first2 = HY. | last3 = Ayala | first3 = AG. | title = Basal cell hyperplasia of the prostate. | journal = Am J Clin Pathol | volume = 80 | issue = 6 | pages = 850-4 | month = Dec | year = 1983 | doi =  | PMID = 6195916 }}</ref>
 
==Microscopic==
Features:<ref>URL: [http://pathologyoutlines.com/prostate.html#bch http://pathologyoutlines.com/prostate.html#bch]. Accessed on: 28 June 2010.</ref>
*Low power gland architecture near normal.<ref>URL: [http://www.nature.com/modpathol/journal/v16/n6/fig_tab/3880810f1.html http://www.nature.com/modpathol/journal/v16/n6/fig_tab/3880810f1.html]. Accessed on: 28 June 2010.</ref><ref>URL: [http://www.nature.com/modpathol/journal/v16/n6/fig_tab/3880810f2.html http://www.nature.com/modpathol/journal/v16/n6/fig_tab/3880810f2.html]. Accessed on: 28 June 2010.</ref>
**Glands ''not'' as small as cancer.
**Folds in gland lumina.
*No nuclear hyperchromasia.
*Two cell populations (as in normal prostate glands).
*Basal cells may have [[nucleoli]].
 
DDx:
*[[High-grade prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia]] - has nuclear hyperchromasia, architecture usually different (micropapillary, tufted, cribriform or flat).
*[[Prostatic adenocarcinoma]].
*[[Adenoid cystic/basal cell carcinoma of the prostate]] - for the adenoid cystic-like pattern of BCH.<ref name=pmid15371944>{{Cite journal  | last1 = McKenney | first1 = JK. | last2 = Amin | first2 = MB. | last3 = Srigley | first3 = JR. | last4 = Jimenez | first4 = RE. | last5 = Ro | first5 = JY. | last6 = Grignon | first6 = DJ. | last7 = Young | first7 = RH. | title = Basal cell proliferations of the prostate other than usual basal cell hyperplasia: a clinicopathologic study of 23 cases, including four carcinomas, with a proposed classification. | journal = Am J Surg Pathol | volume = 28 | issue = 10 | pages = 1289-98 | month = Oct | year = 2004 | doi =  | PMID = 15371944 }}</ref>
*Urothelial metaplasia of the prostate - larger cells, cell borders seen.
 
===Images===
<gallery>
Image: Basal cell hyperplasia of prostate - intermed mag.jpg | BCH - intermed. mag.
Image: Basal cell hyperplasia of prostate - high mag.jpg | BCH - high mag.
Image: Basal cell hyperplasia of prostate - very high mag.jpg | BCH - very high mag.
Image: Basal cell hyperplasia of prostate - alt - very high mag.jpg | BCH - very high mag.
</gallery>
====www====
*[http://webpathology.com/image.asp?case=18&n=1 Basal cell hyperplasia of the prostate (webpathology.com)].
 
==Sign out==
*Usually not reported.
 
==See also==
*[[Prostate gland]].
 
==References==
{{Reflist|1}}


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