Tumour of female paraurethral duct. Immunohistochemical similarity with prostatic carcinoma.
A case of adenocarcinoma derived from a female paraurethral duct is described. Morphologically the tumour looked like a prostatic adenocarcinoma. Furthermore, the tumour cells stained positively with antibodies to prostatic specific antigen and prostatic specific acid phosphatase. The karyotype of the patient was 45,x/46,xx/47,xxx/46,xt(x;13)(p11;q22) demonstrating that the patient was not a hermaphrodite. The tumour therefore represented female homology of a prostatic adenocarcinoma.
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology*; D000368:Aged; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006651:Histocytochemistry; D006801:Humans; D007120:Immunochemistry; D008297:Male; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology*; D014523:Urethral Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology*