Abstract
The incidental prostatic carcinoma is a lesion discovered by chance during the histological examination of resected tissue and comes as a complete surprise to the urologist. For a long time it remained unclear how this tumor should be defined, classified, and histopathologically and biologically interpreted. In recent years a host of suggestions have been made and studies conducted to deal with this problem [2, 5, 7, 11, 16, 17, 19, 22, 23]. These efforts have completed the histomorphological picture of the incidental prostatic carcinoma. The pathoanatomical features that distinguish this tumor from the clinically manifest, rectally palpable, and symptom-evoking prostatic carcinoma are its origin, growth, and histomorphology.
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Kastendieck, H. (1991). Morphological Features and Problems of Incidental Prostatic Carcinoma. In: Altwein, J.E., Faul, P., Schneider, W. (eds) Incidental Carcinoma of the Prostate. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-76129-4_8
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