Latent prostatic carcinomas found at autopsy in men over 90 years old.
Step-sections of 29 whole prostate glands obtained at autopsy from elderly men aged 90 years or over have been investigated. Latent prostatic carcinomas were found in 17 cases (58.6%), all in the peripheral region. The majority of these latent prostatic carcinomas in very old individuals were considered to correspond to stage A1 tumors since, in 75% of cases, the diameter was less than 1 cm. Benign nodular hyperplasia and atypical hyperplasia were also observed in 26 (89.7%) and 14 cases (48.3%), respectively. There was a clear correlation between the appearance of atypical hyperplasia and the presence of latent prostatic carcinoma.
Takahashi
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First Department of Pathology, Nagoya City University Medical School.
Shirai
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T
Hasegawa
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Imaida
K
K
Ito
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N
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000473:pathology*; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / Q000473:pathology; D011467:Prostate / Q000473:pathology; D011470:Prostatic Hyperplasia / Q000473:pathology*; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*