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Case Reports
. 2020 Nov 2:34:101478.
doi: 10.1016/j.eucr.2020.101478. eCollection 2021 Jan.

Primary prostatic squamous cell carcinoma

Kevin Hanna  1 , Subodh M Lele  2 , Grant McCormick  1 , Amber McMahon  1 , Brett Hill  3 , Shawna L Boyle  3
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Case Reports

Primary prostatic squamous cell carcinoma

Kevin Hanna et al. Urol Case Rep. .

Abstract

Primary prostate squamous cell malignancies are rare and very aggressive. A 65-year-old man presented to our institution with clinical and radiographic findings concerning for advanced prostatic malignancy. Surgical pathology of the tumor revealed poorly differentiated carcinoma with squamous differentiation, and histopathological markers were positive for markers of squamous differentiation negative for all urothelial and prostatic markers.

Keywords: Non-small cell carcinoma; Prostate cancer; Squamous differentiation.

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Conflict of interest statement

K.F.H., S.M.L, G.M., A.M., B.H., S.L.B. have no financial conflicts of interest to declare.

Figures

Fig. 1
Fig. 1
Axial T2 MRI showing irregular, solid, enhancing mass, with large, exophytic component, cemented from this mass and protruding to the right and inferiorly, along the right prostate margin, measuring 3 × 1.9 cm, indicated by red arrow. (For interpretation of the references to colour in this figure legend, the reader is referred to the Web version of this article.)
Fig. 2
Fig. 2
Photomicrograph of the prostatic carcinoma showing squamous differentiation.
Fig. 3
Fig. 3
Photomicrograph of the prostatic carcinoma showing squamous differentiation.
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