title: Sclerosing adenosis of the prostate gland. A clinicopathological and immunohistochemical study of 11 cases.
abstract: Eleven cases of sclerosing adenosis of the prostate gland, a recently reported uncommon pseudoneoplastic lesion with characteristic histological, histochemical, and immunohistochemical features, are described. The well-circumscribed cellular lesions were composed of variably sized and shaped, often compressed, glands and small clusters of epithelial cells embedded in a cellular, often myxoid stroma. Mild cytologic atypia was occasionally present, and one case had moderate cytologic atypia. A distinct basement membrane often surrounded the glands and clusters. Luminal acid mucin was typically present. Keratin-positive basal cells were present in the glands and as spindle cells in the stroma. The basal cells were also immunoreactive for S-100 and muscle-specific actin, suggesting myoepithelial differentiation. Clinical follow-up has shown no evidence of prostatic carcinoma. The available evidence suggests that sclerosing adenosis of the prostate gland is a benign lesion with distinctive features that should enable it to be distinguished from prostatic adenocarcinoma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Vancouver General Hospital, British Columbia, Canada.
authors.forename: E C
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: Jones
authors.forename: P B
authors.initials: PB
authors.lastname: Clement
authors.forename: R H
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Young
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006651:Histocytochemistry; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011467:Prostate / Q000473:pathology; D011468:Prostatectomy; D011470:Prostatic Hyperplasia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D012598:Sclerosis; D013997:Time Factors