Large-Gland Proliferations of the Prostate

Surg Pathol Clin. 2018 Dec;11(4):687-712. doi: 10.1016/j.path.2018.07.001. Epub 2018 Oct 17.

Abstract

Large-gland proliferations of the prostate have gained considerable attention in the past decade. The differential diagnosis is quite broad but can be refined using histologic criteria and, sometimes, immunostains. Pathologists have come to realize that cribriform and intraductal as well as ductal carcinomas are particularly aggressive patterns, and should name them in diagnostic reporting when present.

Keywords: Cribriform; Ductal; Gleason grading; Intraductal; Morphology; Prostate cancer.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Adenocarcinoma / diagnosis
  • Adenocarcinoma / pathology*
  • Atrophy
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Humans
  • Hyperplasia
  • Male
  • Neoplasm Grading
  • Neoplasm Invasiveness
  • Prognosis
  • Prostate / pathology*
  • Prostatic Neoplasms / diagnosis
  • Prostatic Neoplasms / pathology*