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#Adjacent HGPIN. | #Adjacent HGPIN. | ||
#Mitoses - quite rare. | #Mitoses - quite rare. | ||
Extent/quantity criteria: | |||
*There is no agreed upon minimum number of glands; however, one paper suggests that agreement among experts is low with 5 or less glands.<ref name=pmid20061936>{{Cite journal | last1 = Van der Kwast | first1 = TH. | last2 = Evans | first2 = A. | last3 = Lockwood | first3 = G. | last4 = Tkachuk | first4 = D. | last5 = Bostwick | first5 = DG. | last6 = Epstein | first6 = JI. | last7 = Humphrey | first7 = PA. | last8 = Montironi | first8 = R. | last9 = Van Leenders | first9 = GJ. | title = Variability in diagnostic opinion among pathologists for single small atypical foci in prostate biopsies. | journal = Am J Surg Pathol | volume = 34 | issue = 2 | pages = 169-77 | month = Feb | year = 2010 | doi = 10.1097/PAS.0b013e3181c7997b | PMID = 20061936 }}</ref> | |||
**It has been suggested the six or more glands should be present to diagnose cancer. | |||
===Low power features=== | ===Low power features=== | ||