Other terms
Neoplasia, Prostatic Intraepithelial,Intraepithelial Neoplasia, Prostatic,Prostatic Intraepithelial Neoplasias,Prostatic Intraepithelial Neoplasms,Intraepithelial Neoplasm, Prostatic,Intraepithelial Neoplasms, Prostatic,Neoplasm, Prostatic Intraepithelial,Neoplasms, Prostatic Intraepithelial,Prostatic Intraepithelial Neoplasm,Intraepithelial Prostatic Neoplasia,Intraepithelial Prostatic Neoplasias,Neoplasia, Intraepithelial Prostatic,Prostatic Neoplasia, Intraepithelial
Description
Prostatic Intraepithelial Neoplasia: A premalignant change arising in the prostatic epithelium, regarded as the most important and most likely precursor of prostatic adenocarcinoma. The neoplasia takes the form of an intra-acinar or ductal proliferation of secretory cells with unequivocal nuclear anaplasia, which corresponds to nuclear grade 2 and 3 invasive prostate cancer.
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