Ectopic prostatic tissue in the uterine cervix

This is the first reported case of ectopic prostatic tissue in the uterine cervix, diagnosed in a 38-year-old woman. A cluster of benign prostatic glands with cribriform and papillary patterns and focal squamous metaplasia occupied the superficial endocervical stroma. The glands were immunoreactive...

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Published inInternational journal of gynecological pathology Vol. 16; no. 3; p. 291
Main Authors Larraza-Hernandez, O, Molberg, K H, Lindberg, G, Albores-Saavedra, J
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 01.07.1997
Subjects
Acid Phosphatase - analysis
Adult
Cervix Uteri - chemistry
Cervix Uteri - pathology
Female
Humans
Immunohistochemistry
Male
Prostate - chemistry
Prostate - pathology
Prostate-Specific Antigen - analysis
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Summary:This is the first reported case of ectopic prostatic tissue in the uterine cervix, diagnosed in a 38-year-old woman. A cluster of benign prostatic glands with cribriform and papillary patterns and focal squamous metaplasia occupied the superficial endocervical stroma. The glands were immunoreactive for prostatic specific antigen and prostatic specific acid phosphatase. This lesion, which could be confused with microglandular hyperplasia, mesonephric rests, or adenocarcinoma in situ may represent an embryonic rest.
ISSN:0277-1691
DOI:10.1097/00004347-199707000-00018