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Ectopic Prostate Tissue in the Cervix

MedGen UID:
927129
•Concept ID:
C4289597
•
Finding
Synonym: Ectopic Prostatic Tissue in the Cervix

Definition

Replacement of the endocervical epithelium with benign-appearing prostatic glands. [from NCI]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVEctopic Prostate Tissue in the Cervix

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Prostatic Metaplasia of the Vagina and Uterine Cervix: An Androgen-associated Glandular Lesion of Surface Squamous Epithelium.
Anderson WJ, Kolin DL, Neville G, Diamond DA, Crum CP, Hirsch MS, Vargas SO
Am J Surg Pathol 2020 Aug;44(8):1040-1049. doi: 10.1097/PAS.0000000000001486. PMID: 32282346
Ectopias of the kidney, urinary tract organs, and male genitalia.
Mikuz G
Pathologe 2019 Jun;40(Suppl 1):1-8. doi: 10.1007/s00292-018-0505-z. PMID: 30446779

Diagnosis

Tubulosquamous polyps in the vagina. Immunohistochemical comparison with ectopic prostatic tissue and Skene glands.
Roma AA
Ann Diagn Pathol 2016 Jun;22:63-6. Epub 2016 Apr 12 doi: 10.1016/j.anndiagpath.2016.04.005. PMID: 27180063
The expression and diagnostic utility of p63 in the female genital tract.
Houghton O, McCluggage WG
Adv Anat Pathol 2009 Sep;16(5):316-21. doi: 10.1097/PAP.0b013e3181b507c6. PMID: 19700941
Immunohistochemistry as a diagnostic aid in cervical pathology.
McCluggage WG
Pathology 2007 Feb;39(1):97-111. doi: 10.1080/00313020601123961. PMID: 17365826
Ectopic prostatic tissue in the uterine cervix and vagina: report of a series with a detailed immunohistochemical analysis.
McCluggage WG, Ganesan R, Hirschowitz L, Miller K, Rollason TP
Am J Surg Pathol 2006 Feb;30(2):209-15. doi: 10.1097/01.pas.0000180446.17517.b8. PMID: 16434895
Ectopic prostatic tissue in the uterine cervix.
Larraza-Hernandez O, Molberg KH, Lindberg G, Albores-Saavedra J
Int J Gynecol Pathol 1997 Jul;16(3):291-3. doi: 10.1097/00004347-199707000-00018. PMID: 9421098

Therapy

Prostatic Metaplasia of the Vagina and Uterine Cervix: An Androgen-associated Glandular Lesion of Surface Squamous Epithelium.
Anderson WJ, Kolin DL, Neville G, Diamond DA, Crum CP, Hirsch MS, Vargas SO
Am J Surg Pathol 2020 Aug;44(8):1040-1049. doi: 10.1097/PAS.0000000000001486. PMID: 32282346

Prognosis

Ectopias of the kidney, urinary tract organs, and male genitalia.
Mikuz G
Pathologe 2019 Jun;40(Suppl 1):1-8. doi: 10.1007/s00292-018-0505-z. PMID: 30446779

Clinical prediction guides

Uterine cervical tubulosquamous polyp resembling a penis.
Fukunaga M
Int J Gynecol Pathol 2013 Jul;32(4):426-9. doi: 10.1097/PGP.0b013e3182630d69. PMID: 23722517

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