Premium
Crystalloids in prostatic hyperplasia
Author(s) -
Bennett Betsy,
Gardner William A.
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
the prostate
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.295
H-Index - 123
eISSN - 1097-0045
pISSN - 0270-4137
DOI - 10.1002/pros.2990010106
Subject(s) - medicine , hyperplasia , prostate , urology , adenocarcinoma , incidence (geometry) , carcinoma , prostatic adenocarcinoma , pathology , cancer , physics , optics
Prostatic crystalloids previously reported only in association with carcinoma were identified in 3.6% of a series of 456 cases of prostatic hyperplasia. Seventy percent of cases with crystalloids contained multiple areas of atypical hyperplasia. The incidence of crystalloids in cases of atypical hyperplasia was 9.6%. One patient subsequently developed adenocarcinoma of the prostate. The follow‐up period of the majority of these patients is too short to allow evaluation of the prognostic significance of prostatic crystalloids with regard to the development of prostate carcinoma.