Prostatic-type polyp
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Prostatic-type polyp is an uncommon polyp of the genitourinary tract. It is typically centered on the verumontanum of the prostate gland and projects into the urethra.
General
- Hematuria - classic presentation.[1]
- Uncommon - as a separate specimen.
- Relatively common in prostatectomy specimens if one looks for it; 14% of cases in series of 341 cases.[2]
Microscopic
Features:[3]
- Benign prostatic type epithelium or transitional type epithelium.
- Cuboidal to low columnar cells with basal cell layer.
- +/-Corpora amylacea.
DDx:
IHC
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Chan, JK.; Chow, TC.; Tsui, MS. (Aug 1987). "Prostatic-type polyps of the lower urinary tract: three histogenetic types?". Histopathology 11 (8): 789-801. PMID 2442088.
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<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedpmid7802135 - ↑ 3.0 3.1 Amin, Mahul B.; Eble, John; Grignon, David; Srigley, John. (2013). Urological Pathology (1st ed.). Wolters Kluwer. pp. 470. ISBN 978-0781782814.
- ↑ Amin, Mahul B.; Eble, John; Grignon, David; Srigley, John. (2013). Urological Pathology (1st ed.). Wolters Kluwer. pp. 471. ISBN 978-0781782814.