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==Atrophic prostate carcinoma==
==Atrophic prostate carcinoma==
*[[AKA]] ''atrophic carcinoma''.
*[[AKA]] ''atrophic carcinoma''.
 
{{Atrophic prostate carcinoma}}
===General===
*Uncommon.
 
Note:
*An atrophic component in prostate cancer is common; one study identified it in ~15% of cases.<ref name=pmid9620026>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Kaleem | first1 = Z. | last2 = Swanson | first2 = PE. | last3 = Vollmer | first3 = RT. | last4 = Humphrey | first4 = PA. | title = Prostatic adenocarcinoma with atrophic features: a study of 202 consecutive completely embedded radical prostatectomy specimens. | journal = Am J Clin Pathol | volume = 109 | issue = 6 | pages = 695-703 | month = Jun | year = 1998 | doi =  | PMID = 9620026 }}</ref>
 
===Microscopic===
Features:
*Scant cytoplasm.
*Nuclear features of conventional prostate cancer (nucleoli, nuclear enlargement).
*Increased gland density.
 
DDx:
*[[Atrophy of the prostate]].
 
====Images====
*[http://www.nature.com/modpathol/journal/v17/n3/fig_tab/3800050f12.html#figure-title Atrophic carcinoma (nature.com)].
 
===IHC===
*p63 -ve.
**Rare p63 +ve prostate carcinoma is reported.<ref name=pmid23991727>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Wu | first1 = A. | last2 = Kunju | first2 = LP. | title = Prostate cancer with aberrant diffuse p63 expression: report of a case and review of the literature and morphologic mimics. | journal = Arch Pathol Lab Med | volume = 137 | issue = 9 | pages = 1179-84 | month = Sep | year = 2013 | doi = 10.5858/arpa.2013-0254-CR | PMID = 23991727 }}</ref>


==Mucinous prostate carcinoma==
==Mucinous prostate carcinoma==
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