title: Hair granuloma of the prostate.
abstract: We report the second case of so-called hair granuloma of the prostate in a transurethral resection specimen. We hypothesize that the hair was most likely embedded in bladder/neck/prostate tissue by an earlier perineal prostate needle biopsy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta 30912, USA.
authors.forename: D S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Day
authors.forename: H D
authors.initials: HD
authors.lastname: Carpenter
authors.forename: W C
authors.initials: WC
authors.lastname: Allsbrook
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001706:Biopsy / Q000009:adverse effects; D015745:Granuloma, Foreign-Body / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D006197:Hair; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011467:Prostate / Q000473:pathology*