Microcystic adenocarcinoma of the prostate: A variant of pseudohyperplastic and atrophic patterns

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 556-561

  Yaskiv, Oksana ^a   Cao, Dengfeng ^a   Humphrey, Peter A ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adenocarcinoma; Atrophic; Cystic; Prostate; Pseudohyperplastic

Indexed keywords

2 METHYLACYL COENZYME A RACEMASE; ALPHA-METHYLACYL-COA RACEMASE; ISOMERASE; TUMOR MARKER;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ARTICLE; ATROPHY; CYST; ENZYMOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PROSTATE; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; PROSTATE TUMOR; PROSTATECTOMY;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ATROPHY; CYSTS; HUMANS; MALE; PROSTATE; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RACEMASES AND EPIMERASES; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 77950245766     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: 15320979     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PAS.0b013e3181d2a549     Document Type: Article

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