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==Prostatic infarction== | ==Prostatic infarction== | ||
===General=== | ===General=== | ||
*Can mimic cancer. | *Rare < 0.1% of core biopsies.<ref name=pmid11023099>{{Cite journal | last1 = Milord | first1 = RA. | last2 = Kahane | first2 = H. | last3 = Epstein | first3 = JI. | title = Infarct of the prostate gland: experience on needle biopsy specimens. | journal = Am J Surg Pathol | volume = 24 | issue = 10 | pages = 1378-84 | month = Oct | year = 2000 | doi = | PMID = 11023099 }}</ref> | ||
*Can mimic cancer - [[urothelial carcinoma]].<ref name=pmid11023099/> | |||
*Prostate usu. large. | |||
===Microscopic=== | ===Microscopic=== | ||
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*Classic findings of necrosis: | *Classic findings of necrosis: | ||
**Karyolysis (loss of nuclei), karyorrhexis (frag. of nuclei), pyknosis (small shrunken nuclei). | **Karyolysis (loss of nuclei), karyorrhexis (frag. of nuclei), pyknosis (small shrunken nuclei). | ||
*Squamous metaplasia of | *+/-Squamous metaplasia of prostate gland epithelium. | ||
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*Corpora amylacea - help... call it benign. | |||
*Glands maintain order. | |||
Image: | Image: | ||