Mucin-producing urothelial-type adenocarcinoma of prostate: Report of two cases of a rare and diagnostically challenging entity

Modern Pathology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 585-590

  Curtis, Michael W ^a   Evans, Andrew J ^a,c   Srigley, John R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^b CREDIT VALLEY HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Immunohistochemistry; Mucinous adenocarcinoma; Prostate; Urethra; Urothelial carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ACID PHOSPHATASE PROSTATE ISOENZYME; CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; CYTOKERATIN 20; CYTOKERATIN 34BETAE12; CYTOKERATIN 7; FORMALDEHYDE; MUCIN; PARAFFIN; PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLON ADENOCARCINOMA; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; METASTASIS; MICROSCOPY; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE ADENOCARCINOMA; PROSTATE BIOPSY; PROSTATECTOMY; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION; UROTHELIUM;

ADENOCARCINOMA, MUCINOUS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; CARCINOMA, TRANSITIONAL CELL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT PROTEINS; KERATIN-20; KERATIN-7; KERATINS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTATE-SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; PROTEIN-TYROSINE-PHOSPHATASE;

EID: 16444368985     PISSN: 08933952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/modpathol.3800317     Document Type: Article

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