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Prostate gland & seminal vesicles

Authors: Safee Ahmed, M.D., Mahmut Akgul, M.D., Aliaksandr Aksionau, M.D., Komal Arora, M.D., Daniel Athanazio, M.D., Ph.D., Megan L. Brown, M.D., Bonnie Choy, M.D., Rebecca Czaja, M.P.H., M.D., Sara Moscovita Falzarano, M.D., Ph.D., Sarah Findeis, M.D., Alcino Pires Gama, M.D., He Huang, M.D., Ph.D., Peter A. Humphrey, M.D., Ph.D., Kenneth A. Iczkowski, M.D., Rafael E. Jimenez, M.D., M.H.A., Zhongbo Jin, M.D., Andre Kajdacsy-Balla, M.D., Ph.D., Deepika Kumar, M.D., Brian Ma, M.D., Virgilia Macias, M.D., Cristina Magi-Galluzzi, M.D., Ph.D., Andres Matoso, M.D., Chinedum Okafor, M.D., Anil Parwani, M.D., Ph.D., M.B.A., Nat Pernick, M.D., Andrii Puzyrenko, M.D., Ph.D., Arpan Samaddar, M.B.B.S., Margaret Sanders, M.B.B.Ch., Ankur Sangoi, M.D., Francesca Sanguedolce, M.D., Ph.D., Ruhani Sardana, M.B.B.S., Faryal Shoaib, M.D., Emma Short, B.M.B.Ch., Steven Christopher Smith, M.D., Ph.D., Sami Talibi, M.D., Maria Tretiakova, M.D., Ph.D., Ebubekir Ucar, M.D., Theodorus van der Kwast, M.D., Ph.D., Murali Varma, M.B.B.S., Jiejun Wu, M.D., Ph.D., Guang-Qian Xiao, M.D., Ph.D., Ximing J. Yang, M.D., Ph.D., Y. Albert Yeh, M.D., Ph.D., Debra L. Zynger, M.D.

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Table of contents
General:anatomy & histology-Cowper glands anatomy & histology-paraganglion anatomy & histology-prostate anatomy & histology-seminal vesicles / ejaculatory duct biopsy books grossing & features to report staging WHO classification
Inflammation:abscess granulomatous lesions malakoplakia nonspecific granulomatous prostatitis prostatitis
Nonneoplastic:adenosis / atypical adenomatous hyperplasia atrophy basal cell hyperplasia benign prostatic hyperplasia clear cell cribriform hyperplasia mesonephric remnant hyperplasia nephrogenic metaplasia / adenoma nonneoplastic metaplasia postatrophic hyperplasia sclerosing adenosis urethral polyp verumontanum mucosal hyperplasia
Atypical / intraductal lesions:atypical small acinar proliferation suspicious (ASAP) atypical intraductal proliferation high grade prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia (HGPIN) HGPIN with adjacent atypical glands intraductal carcinoma low grade PIN
Acinar / ductal adenocarcinomas:adenocarcinoma ductal adenocarcinoma Gleason grading treatment effect vanishing cancer
Acinar adenocarcinoma, histologic patterns:atrophic adenocarcinoma adenocarcinoma with aberrant p63 positivity foamy gland adenocarcinoma microcystic adenocarcinoma mucinous (colloid) adenocarcinoma pseudohyperplastic adenocarcinoma
Acinar adenocarcinoma, subtypes:pleomorphic giant cell adenocarcinoma (pending) PIN-like carcinoma sarcomatoid adenocarcinoma signet ring-like cell adenocarcinoma
Neuroendocrine neoplasms:large cell neuroendocrine carcinoma small cell neuroendocrine carcinoma treatment related neuroendocrine prostatic carcinoma well differentiated neuroendocrine tumor
Squamous carcinomas:adenoid cystic (basal cell) carcinoma adenosquamous carcinoma squamous cell carcinoma
Mesenchymal tumors:prostatic stromal sarcoma prostatic stromal tumor of uncertain malignant potential
Seminal vesicles:adenocarcinoma amyloid cystadenoma mixed epithelial and stromal tumor squamous cell carcinoma (pending)
Prostate stains: IHC overview androgen receptor AMACR CK5/6 and CK5 ERG NKX3.1 p63 prostein (P501S) PSA PSAP PSMA

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Index (Alphabetical table of contents)
A-E:abscess adenocarcinoma adenocarcinoma with aberrant p63 positivity adenoid cystic (basal cell) carcinoma adenosis / atypical adenomatous hyperplasia adenosquamous carcinoma amyloid anatomy & histology-Cowper glands anatomy & histology-paraganglion anatomy & histology-prostate anatomy & histology-seminal vesicles / ejaculatory duct atrophic adenocarcinoma atrophy atypical intraductal proliferation atypical small acinar proliferation suspicious (ASAP) basal cell hyperplasia benign prostatic hyperplasia biopsy clear cell cribriform hyperplasia cystadenoma ductal adenocarcinoma
F-N:foamy gland adenocarcinoma Gleason grading granulomatous lesions grossing & features to report HGPIN with adjacent atypical glands high grade prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia (HGPIN) intraductal carcinoma large cell neuroendocrine carcinoma low grade PIN malakoplakia mesonephric remnant hyperplasia microcystic adenocarcinoma mixed epithelial and stromal tumor mucinous (colloid) adenocarcinoma nephrogenic metaplasia / adenoma nonneoplastic metaplasia nonspecific granulomatous prostatitis
O-Z:PIN-like carcinoma pleomorphic giant cell adenocarcinoma (pending) postatrophic hyperplasia prostatic stromal sarcoma prostatic stromal tumor of uncertain malignant potential prostatitis pseudohyperplastic adenocarcinoma sarcomatoid adenocarcinoma sclerosing adenosis signet ring-like cell adenocarcinoma small cell neuroendocrine carcinoma squamous cell carcinoma squamous cell carcinoma (pending) staging treatment effect treatment related neuroendocrine prostatic carcinoma urethral polyp vanishing cancer verumontanum mucosal hyperplasia well differentiated neuroendocrine tumor WHO classification
Prostate gland & seminal vesicles books

Amin: 2022

Cheng: 2019

Epstein: 2021

Epstein: 2020

Epstein: 2020

IARC: 2022

Lopez-Beltran: 2018

Matoso: 2020

Robinson: 2018

Shah: 2019

VandenBussche: 2022

Wobker: 2021

Yang: 2020

Zhou: 2022



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