title: Prostatic aspirates. A cytomorphologic analysis with emphasis on well-differentiated carcinoma.
abstract: In this retrospective evaluation of 72 cases of fine needle aspiration biopsy of the prostate, 25 aspirates from well-differentiated carcinoma were compared with 27 aspirates from benign prostatic enlargement and 20 aspirates from moderately to poorly differentiated carcinoma. Each case was examined by a single observer (V.K.) for multiple parameters including cellularity, dyshesion, nuclear membrane irregularity, anisonucleosis, macronucleoli (major criteria of malignancy), cell and nuclear enlargement, and altered nuclear/cytoplasmic ratio. Cellularity was the most significant indicator, but all major and minor criteria of malignancy were consistently important for distinguishing well-differentiated carcinoma from benign lesions. Systematic use of these meaningful standards enhances diagnostic sensitivity.
mesh_terms: D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D003581:Cytodiagnosis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011467:Prostate / Q000473:pathology*; D011470:Prostatic Hyperplasia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D012189:Retrospective Studies