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→‎Specific conditions: subdivide, add 'adenosis of the prostate'
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*HIFU = ''High Intensity Focused Ultrasound'' - an ablation procedure for prostate cancer.<ref>URL: [http://www.internationalhifu.com/what-is-hifu-mainmenu-132.html http://www.internationalhifu.com/what-is-hifu-mainmenu-132.html]. Accessed on: 15 June 2010.</ref>
*HIFU = ''High Intensity Focused Ultrasound'' - an ablation procedure for prostate cancer.<ref>URL: [http://www.internationalhifu.com/what-is-hifu-mainmenu-132.html http://www.internationalhifu.com/what-is-hifu-mainmenu-132.html]. Accessed on: 15 June 2010.</ref>


=Specific conditions=
=Benign changes and remnants=
==Adenosis of the prostate gland==
*[[AKA]] ''atypical adenomatous hyperplasia of the prostate gland'' (or ''atypical adenomatous hyperplasia'').
{{Main|Adenosis of the prostate gland}}
 
==Basal cell hyperplasia of the prostate==
{{Main|Basal cell hyperplasia of the prostate}}
 
==Atrophy of the prostate==
*[[AKA]] ''atrophy''.
*[[AKA]] ''prostatic atrophy''.
*[[AKA]] ''atrophy of the prostate gland''.
{{Main|Atrophy of the prostate gland}}
 
==Mesonephric remnant of the prostate gland==
{{Main|Mesonephric remnant of the prostate gland}}
 
=Benign conditions=
==Prostatic nodular hyperplasia==
==Prostatic nodular hyperplasia==
*[[AKA]] ''nodular hyperplasia of the prostate''.
*[[AKA]] ''nodular hyperplasia of the prostate''.
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==Granulomatous prostatitis==
==Granulomatous prostatitis==
{{Main|Granulomatous prostatitis}}
{{Main|Granulomatous prostatitis}}
==Atrophy of the prostate==
*[[AKA]] ''atrophy''.
*[[AKA]] ''prostatic atrophy''.
*[[AKA]] ''atrophy of the prostate gland''.
{{Main|Atrophy of the prostate gland}}


==Prostatic infarct==
==Prostatic infarct==
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*[http://www.sciencephoto.com/media/258565/enlarge Prostatic thrombosis (sciencephoto.com)].
*[http://www.sciencephoto.com/media/258565/enlarge Prostatic thrombosis (sciencephoto.com)].


==Basal cell hyperplasia of the prostate==
=Preneoplastic changes and atypical changes=
{{Main|Basal cell hyperplasia of the prostate}}
 
==High-grade prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia==
==High-grade prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia==
*Abbreviated as ''HGPIN''.
*Abbreviated as ''HGPIN''.
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**''ASAP'' is preferred as it does not contain the word ''carcinoma'' and, thus, cannot be misread as ''carcinoma'', i.e. positive for malignancy.
**''ASAP'' is preferred as it does not contain the word ''carcinoma'' and, thus, cannot be misread as ''carcinoma'', i.e. positive for malignancy.
{{Main|Atypical small acinar proliferation}}
{{Main|Atypical small acinar proliferation}}
==Mesonephric remnant of the prostate gland==
{{Main|Mesonephric remnant of the prostate gland}}


=Prostate cancer=
=Prostate cancer=
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