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{{ Infobox diagnosis
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| Synonyms  = atypical adenomatous hyperplasia
| Micro      = glandular crowding, bland nuclear features (lack prominent nucleoli, lack nuclear enlargement)
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| LMDDx      = [[prostatic adenocarcinoma]] (esp. [[foamy gland adenocarcinoma]]), [[bulbourethral gland]]
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| IHC        = patchy basal cell markers (e.g. p63 +ve, CK5/6 +ve), AMACR -ve
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| Gross      = note evident
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| Site      = [[prostate gland]] - transistion zone
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| Prevalence = common
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| Prognosis  = benign
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| Tx        = none
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'''Adenosis of the prostate gland''', also '''adenosis of the prostate''', is a benign change of the prostate gland, typically seen in the transistion zone of the prostate, and may be mistaken for (low grade) [[prostatic adenocarcinoma]].<ref name=pmid7793471>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Gaudin | first1 = PB. | last2 = Epstein | first2 = JI. | title = Adenosis of the prostate. Histologic features in needle biopsy specimens. | journal = Am J Surg Pathol | volume = 19 | issue = 7 | pages = 737-47 | month = Jul | year = 1995 | doi =  | PMID = 7793471 }}</ref>
'''Adenosis of the prostate gland''', also '''adenosis of the prostate''', is a benign change of the prostate gland, typically seen in the transistion zone of the prostate, and may be mistaken for (low grade) [[prostatic adenocarcinoma]].<ref name=pmid7793471>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Gaudin | first1 = PB. | last2 = Epstein | first2 = JI. | title = Adenosis of the prostate. Histologic features in needle biopsy specimens. | journal = Am J Surg Pathol | volume = 19 | issue = 7 | pages = 737-47 | month = Jul | year = 1995 | doi =  | PMID = 7793471 }}</ref>


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*May be mistaken for [[prostatic adenocarcinoma]].<ref name=pmid22212076>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Epstein | first1 = JI. | title = Diagnosis of limited adenocarcinoma of the prostate. | journal = Histopathology | volume = 60 | issue = 1 | pages = 28-40 | month = Jan | year = 2012 | doi = 10.1111/j.1365-2559.2011.03990.x | PMID = 22212076 }}</ref>
*May be mistaken for [[prostatic adenocarcinoma]].<ref name=pmid22212076>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Epstein | first1 = JI. | title = Diagnosis of limited adenocarcinoma of the prostate. | journal = Histopathology | volume = 60 | issue = 1 | pages = 28-40 | month = Jan | year = 2012 | doi = 10.1111/j.1365-2559.2011.03990.x | PMID = 22212076 }}</ref>
*Lesion of the transistion zone of the prostate.<ref name=pmid7793471>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Gaudin | first1 = PB. | last2 = Epstein | first2 = JI. | title = Adenosis of the prostate. Histologic features in needle biopsy specimens. | journal = Am J Surg Pathol | volume = 19 | issue = 7 | pages = 737-47 | month = Jul | year = 1995 | doi =  | PMID = 7793471 }}</ref>  
*Lesion of the transistion zone of the prostate.<ref name=pmid7793471>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Gaudin | first1 = PB. | last2 = Epstein | first2 = JI. | title = Adenosis of the prostate. Histologic features in needle biopsy specimens. | journal = Am J Surg Pathol | volume = 19 | issue = 7 | pages = 737-47 | month = Jul | year = 1995 | doi =  | PMID = 7793471 }}</ref>  
*'''Not''' considered a precursor of [[prostatic adenocarcinoma]].<ref name=pmid23664537>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Green | first1 = WM. | last2 = Hicks | first2 = JL. | last3 = De Marzo | first3 = A. | last4 = Illei | first4 = PP. | last5 = Epstein | first5 = JI. | title = Immunohistochemical evaluation of TMPRSS2-ERG gene fusion in adenosis of the prostate. | journal = Hum Pathol | volume = 44 | issue = 9 | pages = 1895-901 | month = Sep | year = 2013 | doi = 10.1016/j.humpath.2013.02.019 | PMID = 23664537 }}</ref>


==Microscopic==
==Microscopic==
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*p63 +ve. ‡
*p63 +ve. ‡
*AMACR -ve.
*AMACR -ve.
*ERG -ve.<ref name=pmid23664537>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Green | first1 = WM. | last2 = Hicks | first2 = JL. | last3 = De Marzo | first3 = A. | last4 = Illei | first4 = PP. | last5 = Epstein | first5 = JI. | title = Immunohistochemical evaluation of TMPRSS2-ERG gene fusion in adenosis of the prostate. | journal = Hum Pathol | volume = 44 | issue = 9 | pages = 1895-901 | month = Sep | year = 2013 | doi = 10.1016/j.humpath.2013.02.019 | PMID = 23664537 }}</ref>


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