Small glandular proliferations on needle biopsies: Most common benign mimickers of prostatic adenocarcinoma sent in for expert second opinion

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 874-880

  Herawi, Mehsati ^a   Parwani, Anil V ^b   Irie, Junji ^c   Epstein, Jonathan I ^a,d  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Adenosis; AMACR; Basal cell hyperplasia; Basal cell markers; Inflammation; Mimickers; Partial atrophy; Prostate cancer; Radiation atypia; Second opinion

Indexed keywords

2 METHYLACYL COENZYME A RACEMASE; CYTOKERATIN; PROTEIN P63;

ARTICLE; ATROPHY; BASAL CELL; CONSULTATION; GRANULOMATOSIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PROSTATE ADENOCARCINOMA; PROSTATITIS; SEMINAL VESICLE; STAINING; TIME;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ATROPHY; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; PROSTATE; PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 21244468735     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.pas.0000159520.36806.3e     Document Type: Article

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