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Crystalloids in latent prostatic carcinoma
Author(s) -
Furusato Masakuni,
Kato Hiroyuki,
Takashashi Hiroyuki,
Wakui Shin,
Tokuda Tadaaki,
Kawashima Yoshio,
Aizawa Shigeo,
Mostofi F. K.
Publication year - 1989
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.2990150306
Subject(s) - medicine , carcinoma , autopsy , pathology , gynecology
Intraglandular crystalloids have been studied in 108 cases of latent prostatic carcinoma collected at autopsy. The morphological features of these crystalloids are essentially the same as reported by previous authors. The crystalloids were identified in 62.0% of cases over age 50 years. They were present in 76.9% of cases in the seventh decade, the highest prevalence among the decades. The number of crystalloids relative to the number of malignant glands tended to be inveresly proportional to the size of the carcinoma. We conclude that crystalloids are related to the early development of prostatic carcinoma.