Case 89

A 87-year-old male with history of Gleason group 3 tumor on androgen deprivation therapy. You noticed some foci in the resection:

1. What's your interpretation?

A: benign sclerosing adenosis

B: adenocarcinoma post treatment

C: clear cell variant of adenocarcinoma

D: fibroblastic cells

Answer

References: Evans, A. Treatment effects in prostate cancer. Mod Pathol 31 (Suppl 1), 110–121 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1038/modpathol.2017.158

Case credit: UCSD Pathology

Author: Wangpan Jackson Shi, MD