Monday, August 26, 2013

Diagnostic Utility of Androgen Receptor to Discriminate Poorly Differentiated Urothelial and Prostatic Carcinoma

Distinguishing poorly differentiated urothelial and prostatic carcinoma by histomorphology may be sometimes difficult in some cases with limited TURP resection. Treatment options are different for these malignant conditions.
IHC staining for androgen receptor is used to distinguish these two conditions. Intense nuclear stain with higher H-score is seen in prostatic carcinoma compared to urothelial carcinoma.

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