Distinguishing Cowper's glands from neoplastic and pseudoneoplastic lesions of prostate: Immunohistochemical and ultrastructural studies

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1069-1074

  Saboorian, M H ^a   Huffman, H ^a   Ashfaq, R ^a   Ayala, A G ^b   Ro, J Y ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Cowper's glands; Pathology; Prostate

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; CYTOKERATIN; MUCIN; PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; PROTEIN S 100;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CYTODIAGNOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COWPER GLAND; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MYOEPITHELIUM CELL; PROSTATE ADENOCARCINOMA; PROSTATE BIOPSY; PROSTATECTOMY; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ACTINS; ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; BULBOURETHRAL GLANDS; CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; CELL DIVISION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KERATINS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MIDDLE AGED; MUCINS; PROSTATE; PROSTATE-SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; S100 PROTEINS;

EID: 0030967908     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000478-199709000-00011     Document Type: Article

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