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===General=== | ===General=== | ||
*Abbreviated ''ASAP''. | *Abbreviated ''ASAP''. | ||
*It is a ''waffle'' diagnosis. | *It is a ''waffle'' diagnosis, i.e. it is not considered an entity with distinct pathobiology.<ref name=pmid17378841>{{cite journal |author=Flury SC, Galgano MT, Mills SE, Smolkin ME, Theodorescu D |title=Atypical small acinar proliferation: biopsy artefact or distinct pathological entity |journal=BJU International |volume=99 |issue=4 |pages=780-5 |year=2007 |month=January |pmid= 17378841 |doi= |url=http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/118508438/abstract}}</ref> | ||
** | **It is the same as ''suspicious for carcinoma''.<ref>THvdK. 19 June 2010.</ref> | ||
***''ASAP'' is preferred | ***''ASAP'' is preferred as it does not contain the word ''carcinoma'' and, thus, cannot be misread as ''carcinoma'', i.e. positive for malignancy. | ||
**Analogous to ''ASCUS'' is on a pap test. | **Analogous to ''ASCUS'' is on a pap test. | ||
**ASAP should be used sparingly. | **ASAP should be used sparingly. | ||
***One benchmark is < 3-5% of biopsies.<ref>THvdK. 19 June 2010.</ref> | ***One benchmark is < 3-5% of biopsies.<ref>THvdK. 19 June 2010.</ref> | ||
*Never diagnosed on excision, i.e. prostatectomy specimen. | *Never diagnosed on excision, i.e. prostatectomy specimen. | ||
===Histologic characteristics=== | ===Histologic characteristics=== | ||