title: Adenosis (atypical adenomatous hyperplasia): histopathology and relationship to carcinoma.
abstract: Adenosis is a specific histologic entity which is most frequently seen in transurethral resection of the prostate, although increasingly identified on needle biopsy. The distinction of adenosis from low-grade adenocarcinoma is based on a constellation of histologic features, rather than on any one specific feature (i.e. nucleoli). Although mimicking low grade adenocarcinoma, adenosis has not been shown to be related to adenocarcinoma.
authors.affiliation: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Department of Pathology, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
authors.forename: J I
authors.initials: JI
authors.lastname: Epstein
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D011470:Prostatic Hyperplasia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D009626:Terminology as Topic