Prostatic adenocarcinoma with atrophic features: Malignancy mimicking a benign process

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 931-935

  Matthew Egan, A J ^a   Lopez Beltran, Antonio ^b   Bostwick, David G ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Adenocarcinoma; Atrophy; Benign prostatic hyperplasia; Carcinoma; Needle biopsy; Pathology; Postatrophic hyperplasia; Prostate

Indexed keywords

PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; ATROPHY; BENIGN TUMOR; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PROSTATE ADENOCARCINOMA; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; PROSTATECTOMY;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ATROPHY; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MALE; PROSTATE; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0343118841     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000478-199708000-00007     Document Type: Article

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