title: Unusual prostatic mass in a dog.
abstract: Marginal surgical resection and castration were successfully used to treat a dog with a large benign mass involving only the left lobe of the prostate. Pathologic findings were compatible with unusual nodular hyperplasia or adenoma, with smooth muscle proliferation. Although the definitive diagnosis remains controversial, the mass was termed nodular hyperplasia because of histologic and clinical similarities to the disease in human beings.
authors.affiliation: Department of Companion Animal and Special Species Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, Raleigh 27606.
authors.forename: S D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Gilson
authors.forename: R T
authors.initials: RT
authors.lastname: Miller
authors.forename: E M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Hardie
authors.forename: K A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Spaulding
mesh_terms: D000236:Adenoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary; D000818:Animals; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D004285:Dogs; D008297:Male; D011470:Prostatic Hyperplasia / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary