Benign Mimickers of Prostate Adenocarcinoma on Needle Biopsy and Transurethral Resection

Surgical Pathology Clinics

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-41

  Netto, George J ^a   Epstein, Jonathan I ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adenosis; Atrophy; Basal cell hyperplasia; Clear cell cribriform hyperplasia; Mimickers of prostate cancer; Nephrogenic adenoma; Paraganglia; Prostatitis; Radiation atypia; Xanthoma

Indexed keywords

ATROPHY; COLON MUCOSA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; GRANULOMATOUS INFLAMMATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PARAGANGLION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE ADENOCARCINOMA; PROSTATE ADENOMA; PROSTATE BIOPSY; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; PROSTATITIS; REVIEW; SEMINAL VESICLE; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION; XANTHOMA;

EID: 67651152619     PISSN: 18759181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.path.2008.07.008     Document Type: Review

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