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==Prostate== | ==Prostate== | ||
===Anatomy=== | |||
Divided into three zones:<ref name=pmid2456702>{{Cite journal | last1 = McNeal | first1 = JE. | title = Normal histology of the prostate. | journal = Am J Surg Pathol | volume = 12 | issue = 8 | pages = 619-33 | month = Aug | year = 1988 | doi = | PMID = 2456702 }} | |||
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#Peripheral zone - posterior aspect, palpable with digit. | |||
#*Classic location for [[prostate cancer|cancer]]. | |||
#Central zone - considered resistant to disease. | |||
#Transition zone - usual location for [[nodular hyperplasia of the prostate|nodular hyperplasia]]. | |||
===Histology=== | |||
*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). | ||