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prostatic urethral polyp
Thursday 30 August 2018
Definition : polyp of prostatic tissue protruding in the urethral lumen.
Synopsis
Mostly in adult men
Usually asymptomatic but may cause hematuria
Cystoscopically, the lesions appear as discrete small papillary growths that may be solitary or extensive, producing a velvety coating on the mucosa
Microscopy
Papillary fronds contain a thin fibrovascular core and are covered by normal prostatic acinar epithelium
Occasionally, foci of residual urothelium can be seen
See also
urtheral anomalies
