Prostate Biopsy Interpretation

by Jonathan I. Epstein

This edition has been revised to include up-to-date information on the classification, clinical features, prognosis and evaluation of difficult and unusual lesions, as well as common problems encountered in prostate pathology. Topics new to this edition the diagnosis of adenosis on needle biopsy; Lupron treated prostate cancer; pseudosarcomatous fribomyxoid tumours; atypical stromal hyperplasia; non-specific granulomatous prostatitis on needle biopsy; multiocular cysts; paraganglia; mesonephric hyperplasia; partial atrophy; mucinous metaplasia; and neuroendocrine differentiation in prostate cancer. In addition, there has been expanded coverage of prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia and its differential diagnosis; the diagnosis of limited adenocarcinoma on the needle biopsy including both false positives and false negatives; recent findings on the correlation of needle biopsy findings with radical prostatectomy; and a methodological approach to the diagnosis of limited cancer.

254 pages, Hardcover

First published August 1, 1989