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Bladder

Other carcinomas

Prostatic adenocarcinoma

Reviewer: Monika Roychowdhury, M.D., University of Minnesota Medical Center (see Reviewers page)
Revised: 6 May 2011, last major update May 2011
Copyright: (c) 2003-2011, PathologyOutlines.com, Inc.

Definition
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● Either primary or secondary within the bladder
● Primary lesions may have a history of prostatic adenocarcinoma (PAC) in the prostate, and have a favorable prognosis
● Secondary prostatic adenocarcinoma is usually associated with high grade/high stage carcinoma in the prostate, but may mimic urothelial carcinoma histologically (Hum Pathol 2001;32:434)

Case reports
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● Prostatic adenocarcinoma and bladder urothelial carcinoma metastasizing to same lymph node (Arch Pathol Lab Med 2001;125:1354)

Micro images
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Tumors in above case report

End of Bladder > Other carcinomas > Prostatic adenocarcinoma

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