Prostatic-type tissue in the lower female genital tract: A morphologic spectrum, including vaginal tubulosquamous polyp, adenomyomatous hyperplasia of paraurethral skene glands (Female Prostate), and ectopic lesion in the vulva

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 950-955

  Kazakov, Dmitry V ^a   Stewart, Colin J ^b   Kacerovska, Denisa ^a   Leake, Robyn ^c   Kreuzberg, Boris ^d   Chudacek, Zdenek ^a   Hora, Milan ^a   Michal, Michal ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b KING EDWARD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c Hollywood Priv Hosp Monash Avenue   (Australia)

^d Hollywood Hospital ^*

Author keywords

adenocarcinoma; ectopic prostatic tissue; female prostate; hyperplasia; Paneth cell like change; paraurethral Skene glands; prostatespecific antigen; vulva

Indexed keywords

ACID PHOSPHATASE PROSTATE ISOENZYME; PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; PROTEIN TYROSINE PHOSPHATASE; TUMOR MARKER;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHORISTOMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERPLASIA; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; MIXED TUMOR; PATHOLOGY; POLYP; PROSTATE; URETHRA; VAGINA TUMOR; VULVA DISEASE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHORISTOMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERPLASIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, COMPLEX AND MIXED; POLYPS; PROSTATE; PROSTATE-SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; PROTEIN TYROSINE PHOSPHATASES; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL; URETHRA; VAGINAL NEOPLASMS; VULVAR DISEASES;

EID: 77954214720     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: 15320979     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PAS.0b013e3181e0f371     Document Type: Article

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