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This article deals with '''prostate chips'''. | This article deals with '''prostate chips'''. | ||
==Introduction== | ==Introduction== | ||
Prostate chips are generated from ''transurethral resection of the prostate'' (TURP) procedures. These are generally for relieving urinary obstruction due to [[nodular hyperplasia of the prostate]] (benign prostatic hyperplasia); however, urinary obstruction may be secondary to [[prostate cancer]]. Thus, the job of the pathologist here, usually, is excluding an incidental cancer. | Prostate chips are generated from ''transurethral resection of the prostate'' (TURP) procedures. These are generally for relieving urinary obstruction due to [[nodular hyperplasia of the prostate]] (benign prostatic hyperplasia); however, urinary obstruction may be secondary to [[prostate cancer]]. Thus, the job of the pathologist here, usually, is excluding an incidental [[cancer]]. | ||
==Protocol== | ==Protocol== | ||