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==Other accessory glands== | ==Other accessory glands== | ||
===Bulbourethral gland=== | ===Bulbourethral gland=== | ||
*AKA ''Cowper's gland''. | *[[AKA]] ''Cowper's gland''. | ||
General: | |||
*Mucinous glands at the apex of the prostate. | *Mucinous glands at the apex of the prostate. | ||
Image: [http://pathology.mc.duke.edu/research/histo_course/mixed_saliv.jpg Mucinous/serous salivary gland (duke.edu)]. | Microscopic: | ||
*Resemble (mucinous) [[salivary gland]]s.<ref name=pmid9158679>{{Cite journal | last1 = Cina | first1 = SJ. | last2 = Silberman | first2 = MA. | last3 = Kahane | first3 = H. | last4 = Epstein | first4 = JI. | title = Diagnosis of Cowper's glands on prostate needle biopsy. | journal = Am J Surg Pathol | volume = 21 | issue = 5 | pages = 550-5 | month = May | year = 1997 | doi = | PMID = 9158679 }}</ref> | |||
DDx: | |||
*[[Foamy gland carcinoma]]. | |||
*Mucinous metaplasia of the prostate. | |||
Image: | |||
*[http://pathology.mc.duke.edu/research/histo_course/mixed_saliv.jpg Mucinous/serous salivary gland (duke.edu)]. | |||
Stains: | |||
*[[Mucicarmine]] +ve. | |||
*[[PAS-D]] +ve. | |||
IHC:<ref name=pmid9158679/> | |||
*PSAP -ve. | |||
*PSA +ve. | |||
*HMWCK +ve. | |||
===Seminal vesicles=== | ===Seminal vesicles=== | ||
*Fern-like architecture - epithelial component clustered closely, looks like it connects. | *Fern-like architecture - epithelial component clustered closely, looks like it connects. | ||