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Title: Morphological Patterns of Prostatic Lesions
Authors: ROZINA JAFFAR, TAHIRA TABASSUM, ASMAA QURESHI, NAVEED QURESHI
Journal: Journal of Fatima Jinnah Medical University (JFJMU)
Publisher: Fatima Jinnah Medical University, Lahore
Country: Pakistan
Year: 2011
Volume: 5
Issue: 4
Language: English
Keywords: Prostatic lesionsfrequencymorphological features.
Objective: The aim of this study was to estimate the frequency of inflammatory, benign and malignant lesions in prostatic biopsies.
Study Design: Descriptive study.
Place and Duration: The study was carried out at the department of Histopathology at PGMI Lahore from January 2009 to January 2011.
Materials and Methods: 220 prostatic biopsies (radical prostatectomy, TURP and core biopsies) received from Urology department of Lahore General Hospital were included in this study.
Results: A total of 220 prostatic specimens were included in this study. Out of these 62% were reported as benign, 4% as premalignant and 33% as malignant neoplasms.
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