Inflammatory atrophy of the prostate: Prevalence and significance

From: Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine | Date: July 1, 2003| Author: Magna, Luis A; Billis, Athanase | Copyright information

* Context.-Recently, prostatic atrophy associated with chronic inflammation has been linked to carcinoma either directly or indirectly by first developing into high-grade prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia.

Objective.-The purpose of our study was to test this hypothesis in autopsies.

Design.-A step section method was used to cut the posterior lobe in coronal planes at intervals of 0.3 to 0.5 cm in 100 consecutive autopsies of men older than 40 years. Prostatic atrophy was cla...

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