Items tagged “prostate”

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Lung metastasis - from prostate acinar adenocarcinoma

  Diagnosis certain
Mikkaela McCormack
Published 01 Apr 2016
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Prostate cancer with bone and lymph nodes metastases

  Diagnosis almost certain
Humberto Rodrigo Prochnow Tibau
Published 13 May 2016
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Chronic prostatitis

Chronic prostatitis is a heterogeneous condition characterized by chronic inflammation of the prostate gland. Under the National Institutes of Health (NIH) classification system this may encompass chronic bacterial prostatitis chronic prostatitis and chronic pelvic pain syndrome (CPPS) Other...
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Prostatic tuberculosis

Prostatic tuberculosis or tuberculous prostatitis is an uncommon extrapulmonary manifestation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection. This is sometimes classified a sub type of granulomatous prostatitis. Epidemiology Primary tuberculosis of the prostate is rare. Genitourinary tuberculosis con...
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PSA density

The PSA density (PSAD) is a calculation performed at diagnosis and is the serum prostate specific antigen (PSA) level (ng/mL) divided by the volume of the prostate gland (mL), resulting in a value with the units, ng/mL2 1. Prostate volume is calculated from TRUS measurements 2,3.  Alternatively...
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Brachytherapy seed migration to the lung

Brachytherapy seed migration to the lung is a known complication of radioactive seed therapy. These seeds are used for localized treatment of malignancies, most commonly prostate cancer. Regarding staging, nearly 79% of the cases are localized, 12% are regional and 5% present with distant disea...
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Prostate-seminal vesicle angle (TRUS)

  Diagnosis not applicable
Gustavo Graco
Published 12 May 2020
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Leiomyosarcoma of the prostate

Leiomyosarcoma of the prostate is a rare mesenchymal smooth muscle malignancy of the prostate gland. Epidemiology It is a rare tumor with less than 200 cases reported in the literature accounting for approximately 25% of all sarcomas of the prostate gland and less than 0.1% of primary prostate...
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Sarcomatoid carcinoma of the prostate

Sarcomatoid carcinoma of the prostate is a rare malignant prostatic tumor variant usually composed of both malignant glandular cells and spindle cells. Terminology Sarcomatoid carcinoma of the prostate is also known as carcinosarcoma, metaplastic carcinoma or spindle cell carcinoma of the pros...
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Locally invasive prostate cancer

  Diagnosis certain
Mohammad Taghi Niknejad
Published 25 Jan 2021
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CT
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Prostate imaging recurrence reporting

Prostate imaging recurrence reporting (PI-RR) or prostate MRI for local recurrence reporting is a structured reporting scheme similar to the Prostate Imaging-Reporting and Data System (PIRADS) v2.1 on multiparametric prostate MRI for the detection of local recurrence after radical prostatectomy ...
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Small cell carcinoma of the prostate

Small cell carcinomas of the prostate (SCCP) or small cell neuroendocrine carcinomas of the prostate are neuroendocrine tumors and are characterized by aggressive behavior and a proliferation of small cells. Epidemiology Small cell neuroendocrine carcinomas of the prostate are rare 1,2 and mak...
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Large cell neuroendocrine carcinomas of the prostate

Large cell neuroendocrine carcinomas (LCNEC) of the prostate or prostatic large cell neuroendocrine carcinomas are very aggressive and rare high-grade neuroendocrine tumors that are usually observed in the presence of an already existing adenocarcinoma and very rarely found alone. Epidemiology ...
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Well-differentiated neuroendocrine tumor of the prostate

Well-differentiated neuroendocrine tumors of the prostate also known as low-grade neuroendocrine carcinoma of the prostate or carcinoid tumors of the prostate are low-grade neuroendocrine tumors arising from the prostate that may metastasize. Epidemiology Well-differentiated neuroendocrine tum...
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Adenocarcinoma of the prostate with neuroendocrine differentiation

Adenocarcinoma of the prostate with neuroendocrine differentiation is a malignant neuroendocrine tumor of the prostate which only differs from acinar or ductal adenocarcinoma on immunohistochemistry staining. Diagnosis The diagnosis of adenocarcinoma of the prostate with neuroendocrine differe...
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Ductal adenocarcinoma of the prostate

Ductal adenocarcinomas of the prostate or prostatic ductal adenocarcinomas are malignant glandular neoplasms of the prostate and tend to be more aggressive than acinar adenocarcinomas. Terminology Due to its morphologic resemblance, it has been formerly referred to as 'endometrial' or 'endomet...
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Intraductal carcinoma of the prostate

Intraductal carcinomas of the prostate (IDCP) are a new subtype of prostate cancer that has been included as a new entity in the WHO classification of prostate tumors in 2016. Epidemiology Intraductal carcinomas of the prostate are rarely found isolated on needle core biopsy samples in 0.1-0.3...
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High-grade prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia

High-grade prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia (HGPIN) refers to a proliferation of glandular epithelial cells and is generally considered a nonobligatory precursor lesion of invasive prostate cancer. Epidemiology High-grade prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia is diagnosed in core needle biops...
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Urothelial carcinoma of the prostate

Urothelial carcinomas or transitional cell carcinomas of the prostate are malignant neoplasms that can occur as primary cancers of the prostate gland. Epidemiology Prostatic urothelial carcinomas account for less than 2-4% of all prostate cancers 1 and are usually seen in middle-aged men 2. A...
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Squamous neoplasms of the prostate

Squamous neoplasms of the prostate include squamous cell carcinomas and adenosquamous carcinomas of the prostate that account for two separate entities in the WHO classification of prostate tumors. Epidemiology Squamous cell carcinomas of the prostate are very rare and encompass <1% of prostat...

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