title: Prostatic-type tissue in the lower female genital tract: a morphologic spectrum, including vaginal tubulosquamous polyp, adenomyomatous hyperplasia of paraurethral Skene glands (female prostate), and ectopic lesion in the vulva.
abstract: The investigators report a series of prostatic-type lesions occurring in the lower female genital tract. The cases included a 4.5-cm mass representing hyperplasia of the glandular and stromal tissue of paraurethral Skene gland, a small ectopic prostatic lesion in the vulva, and 4 tubulosquamous vaginal polyps. All lesions were immunopositive for prostate-specific antigen and/or prostatic acid phosphatase. A brief discussion of the earlier published material is included.
authors.affiliation: Sikl's Department of Pathology, Charles University Medical Faculty Hospital, Pilsen, Czech Republic. kazakov@medima.cz
authors.forename: Dmitry V
authors.initials: DV
authors.lastname: Kazakov
authors.forename: Colin J R
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Stewart
authors.forename: Denisa
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kacerovska
authors.forename: Robyn
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Leake
authors.forename: Boris
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Kreuzberg
authors.forename: Zdenek
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Chudacek
authors.forename: Milan
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hora
authors.forename: Michal
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Michal
mesh_terms: D000135:Acid Phosphatase; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor / Q000378:metabolism; D002828:Choristoma; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006965:Hyperplasia; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D018193:Neoplasms, Complex and Mixed / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D011127:Polyps / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D011467:Prostate / Q000473:pathology*; D017430:Prostate-Specific Antigen / Q000378:metabolism; D017027:Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases / Q000378:metabolism; D014521:Urethra / Q000473:pathology*; D014625:Vaginal Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D014845:Vulvar Diseases / Q000473:pathology*
chemical_list: D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor; D000135:Acid Phosphatase; C428439:prostatic acid phosphatase; D017027:Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases; D017430:Prostate-Specific Antigen