Prostate Pathology Part 1 Francisco G. La Rosa, MD Associate Professor, Department of Pathology University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, Colorado
NORMAL ANATOMY
SAGITAL SECTION OF THE PROSTATE GLAND Seminal Vesicle Central Zone Bladder Peri-urethral zone Anterior Zone Fibro-muscular Peripheral Zone Transition Zone Urethra
3D VIEW OF THE PROSTATE
CROSS SECTION OF THE PROSTATE FIBROMUSCULAR STROMA anterior PERI-URETHRAL STROMA EJACULATORY DUCTS
TRANZITIONAL ZONE Seminal Vesicle Urethra
CENTRAL ZONE
Peripheral Zone
Fibro-muscular Stroma anterior
HISTOLOGY
Bad Histology
Peripheral Zone
Central Zone
40X Seminal Vesicles
20X Seminal Vesicles
20X
Paraganglion
Neurons40X
Benign Lesions
Inflammation
Acute Inflammation
Granuloma
20X Corpora Amylacea
20X Calcified
200XCristalloid
200X Stromal Nodules
H Y P E R P L A S I A
PRIMARY NODULAR HYPERPLASIA
Cell Type Mesenchymal Fibroblast Smooth Muscle Basal Cells Secretory Cells Special PatternsUsual Patterns Predominantly stromal Predominantly glandular Mixed Small Cell Hyperplasia Leiomatous Hyperplasia Basal Cell Hyperplasia Crybiform Hyperplasia BENIGN NODULAR HYPERPLASIA
BPH & Inflammation
BASAL CELL HYPERPLASIA
200X
BASAL CELL HYPERPLASIA
BASAL CELL HYPERPLASIA - HMWCK
ATROPHY
20X SIMPLE ATROPHY
200X ATROPHY
40X ATROPHY
10X CYSTIC ATROPHY
PIN Prostatic Intraepithelial Neoplasia
Secretory cells Lumen Basal Cells Basal Membrane Normal Dysplasia Carcinoma MildModerate Severe In situ Microinvasive Low GradeHigh Grade Prostatic Intra-epithelial Neoplasia Prostatic Intraepithelial Neoplasia
Prostatic Intra-epithelial Neoplasia
It continues in Part 2