Difference between revisions of "Prostate gland"

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Memory device: '''AAABBRS''' = atrophy, adenosis, adenosis (sclerosing), basal cell hyperplasia, bulbourethral gland, radiation, seminal vesicles.
Memory device: '''AAABBRS''' = atrophy, adenosis, adenosis (sclerosing), basal cell hyperplasia, bulbourethral gland, radiation, seminal vesicles.


===Gleason grading system===
====Gleason grading system====
Overview:
Overview:
*This system is only one any one talks about.
*This system is only one any one talks about.
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*Adenoid cystic carcinoma.
*Adenoid cystic carcinoma.


===Surgical margins and extraprostatic extension===
====Surgical margins and extraprostatic extension====
Definitions:
Definitions:
*Extraprostatic extension (EPE) is difficult to assess (in prostatectomy specimens) as there is no consensus definition.
*Extraprostatic extension (EPE) is difficult to assess (in prostatectomy specimens) as there is no consensus definition.
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*EPE cannot be called on a biopsy unless the tumour is next to adipose tissue.<ref>Evans, A. 4 June 2010.</ref>
*EPE cannot be called on a biopsy unless the tumour is next to adipose tissue.<ref>Evans, A. 4 June 2010.</ref>


====Surgical margins====
=====Surgical margins=====
{{Main|Surgical margins}}
{{Main|Surgical margins}}
*Positive is ''tumour touching ink''.<ref name=pmid22578729>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Lu | first1 = J. | last2 = Wirth | first2 = GJ. | last3 = Wu | first3 = S. | last4 = Chen | first4 = J. | last5 = Dahl | first5 = DM. | last6 = Olumi | first6 = AF. | last7 = Young | first7 = RH. | last8 = McDougal | first8 = WS. | last9 = Wu | first9 = CL. | title = A close surgical margin after radical prostatectomy is an independent predictor of recurrence. | journal = J Urol | volume = 188 | issue = 1 | pages = 91-7 | month = Jul | year = 2012 | doi = 10.1016/j.juro.2012.02.2565 | PMID = 22578729 }}</ref>
*Positive is ''tumour touching ink''.<ref name=pmid22578729>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Lu | first1 = J. | last2 = Wirth | first2 = GJ. | last3 = Wu | first3 = S. | last4 = Chen | first4 = J. | last5 = Dahl | first5 = DM. | last6 = Olumi | first6 = AF. | last7 = Young | first7 = RH. | last8 = McDougal | first8 = WS. | last9 = Wu | first9 = CL. | title = A close surgical margin after radical prostatectomy is an independent predictor of recurrence. | journal = J Urol | volume = 188 | issue = 1 | pages = 91-7 | month = Jul | year = 2012 | doi = 10.1016/j.juro.2012.02.2565 | PMID = 22578729 }}</ref>
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*Weaker impact than stage and Gleason score.<ref>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Chalfin | first1 = HJ. | last2 = Dinizo | first2 = M. | last3 = Trock | first3 = BJ. | last4 = Feng | first4 = Z. | last5 = Partin | first5 = AW. | last6 = Walsh | first6 = PC. | last7 = Humphreys | first7 = E. | last8 = Han | first8 = M. | title = Impact of surgical margin status on prostate-cancer-specific mortality. | journal = BJU Int | volume =  | issue =  | pages =  | month = Jul | year = 2012 | doi = 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2012.11371.x | PMID = 22788795 }}</ref>
*Weaker impact than stage and Gleason score.<ref>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Chalfin | first1 = HJ. | last2 = Dinizo | first2 = M. | last3 = Trock | first3 = BJ. | last4 = Feng | first4 = Z. | last5 = Partin | first5 = AW. | last6 = Walsh | first6 = PC. | last7 = Humphreys | first7 = E. | last8 = Han | first8 = M. | title = Impact of surgical margin status on prostate-cancer-specific mortality. | journal = BJU Int | volume =  | issue =  | pages =  | month = Jul | year = 2012 | doi = 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2012.11371.x | PMID = 22788795 }}</ref>


====Extraprostatic extension====
=====Extraprostatic extension=====
:Abbreviated ''EPE''.
:Abbreviated ''EPE''.
*Prostatectomy specimens: EPE is present if there is either:
*Prostatectomy specimens: EPE is present if there is either:
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