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A Review Leveraging a Rare and Unusual Case of Basal Cell Carcinoma of the Prostate.

Lin HeChristopher MetterVitaly MargulisPayal Kapur
Published in: Case reports in pathology (2021)
Basal cell carcinoma (BCC) is a rare nonacinar variant of prostatic carcinoma. In spite of prostatic acinar adenocarcinoma being one of the most common carcinomas in prostate, <100 prostatic BCC cases have been reported to date. Adenoid cystic/cribriform histology has been described in varying proportions to occur in prostatic BCC and is reported to be associated with aggressive behavior and high risk of metastasis. Herein, we present a case of prostatic BCC with adenoid cystic morphology, comprehensively describe its immunohistochemical and MYB/MYBL1 gene rearrangement findings, discuss its differential diagnosis, and review the literature of this rare entity.
Keyphrases
  • benign prostatic hyperplasia
  • basal cell carcinoma
  • radical prostatectomy
  • prostate cancer
  • systematic review
  • transcription factor
  • high grade