Microcystic adenocarcinoma of the prostate-pseudobenign carcinoma

13/04/10

Reference :Microcystic Adenocarcinoma of the Prostate: A Variant of Pseudohyperplastic and Atrophic Patterns : Yaskiv, Oksana et al.The American Journal of Surgical Pathology: April 2010 – Volume 34 – Issue 4 – pp 556-561Do you see anything in this prostate that’s worrisome for malignancy? dilated glands admixed with small acini in a noduleI don’t, at least not at this power, and yet this is an example of “microcystic” adenocarcinoma of the prostate. Higher power will show clear-cut cytologic features of malignancy.If this doesn’t concern you about the risk of scanning prostate slides at 4x, it should!Microcystic adenocarcinoma with dilated and crowded glands displaying a predominantly flat lining layerMicrocystic adenocarcinoma with jumbled arrangement of dilated malignant glands.Microcys…

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