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Signet ring cell carcinoma of prostate. Immunohistochemical and ultrastructural study of a case.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  2476883     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Signet ring cell adenocarcinoma (SRCA) is an extremely rare tumor of the prostate. We document with histochemistry, immunohistochemistry, and electron microscopy an incidental "signet ring" cell adenocarcinoma of the prostate in a fifty-seven-year-old white male with chronic lymphocytic leukemia who died of an intracerebral hemorrhage. The signet ring cells stained weakly for neutral mucin and were strongly positive for both prostate-specific antigen and prostate acid phosphatase. In addition, electron microscopy demonstrated intracellular lumina with microvilli and cytoplasmic vacuoles of mucin. This case conclusively supports the existence of SRCA of the prostate.
Authors:
A G Hejka; D M England
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Case Reports; Journal Article; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Urology     Volume:  34     ISSN:  0090-4295     ISO Abbreviation:  Urology     Publication Date:  1989 Sep 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  1989-10-13     Completed Date:  1989-10-13     Revised Date:  2006-11-15    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0366151     Medline TA:  Urology     Country:  UNITED STATES    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  155-8     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Pathology, Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital, Madison, Wisconsin.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Acid Phosphatase / analysis
Adenocarcinoma, Mucinous* / metabolism,  ultrastructure
Antigens, Neoplasm / analysis
Humans
Immunoenzyme Techniques
Male
Microscopy, Electron
Middle Aged
Mucins / analysis
Prostate / ultrastructure*
Prostate-Specific Antigen
Prostatic Neoplasms* / metabolism,  ultrastructure
Tumor Markers, Biological / analysis
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Antigens, Neoplasm; 0/Mucins; 0/Tumor Markers, Biological; EC 3.1.3.2/Acid Phosphatase; EC 3.4.21.77/Prostate-Specific Antigen

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