Prostatic melanosis

Prostatic melanosis is a very rare, benign lesion characterized by the presence of melanin in the epithelium of the prostate gland and stromal dendritic cells, requiring no additional treatment. It constitutes the melanocytic lesions of the prostate together with blue nevus and malignant melanoma. W...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Gucer, Hasan, Bagci, Pelin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2014
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4216555/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25371626
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-7796.141010
_version_ 1782342283978342400
author Gucer, Hasan
Bagci, Pelin
author_facet Gucer, Hasan
Bagci, Pelin
author_sort Gucer, Hasan
collection PubMed
description Prostatic melanosis is a very rare, benign lesion characterized by the presence of melanin in the epithelium of the prostate gland and stromal dendritic cells, requiring no additional treatment. It constitutes the melanocytic lesions of the prostate together with blue nevus and malignant melanoma. We present a case with prostatic melanosis because it is rarely seen and its distinction from malignant melanoma is clinicopathologically very important.
format Online
Article
Text
id pubmed-4216555
institution National Center for Biotechnology Information
language English
publishDate 2014
publisher Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd
record_format MEDLINE/PubMed
spelling pubmed-42165552014-11-04 Prostatic melanosis Gucer, Hasan Bagci, Pelin Urol Ann Case Report Prostatic melanosis is a very rare, benign lesion characterized by the presence of melanin in the epithelium of the prostate gland and stromal dendritic cells, requiring no additional treatment. It constitutes the melanocytic lesions of the prostate together with blue nevus and malignant melanoma. We present a case with prostatic melanosis because it is rarely seen and its distinction from malignant melanoma is clinicopathologically very important. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2014 /pmc/articles/PMC4216555/ /pubmed/25371626 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-7796.141010 Text en Copyright: © Urology Annals http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
spellingShingle Case Report
Gucer, Hasan
Bagci, Pelin
Prostatic melanosis
title Prostatic melanosis
title_full Prostatic melanosis
title_fullStr Prostatic melanosis
title_full_unstemmed Prostatic melanosis
title_short Prostatic melanosis
title_sort prostatic melanosis
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4216555/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25371626
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-7796.141010
work_keys_str_mv AT gucerhasan prostaticmelanosis
AT bagcipelin prostaticmelanosis

Ejemplares similares