Prostate - Cowper's gland

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Cowper's gland

Carcinoma

Reviewer: Komal Arora, M.D. (see Reviewers page)
Revised: 29 July 2012, last major update July 2012
Copyright: (c) 2003-2012, PathologyOutlines.com, Inc.

General
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● See Cowper's gland topic for discussion of normal histology
● Very rare, must rule out prostate primary
● Often mucin producing, ulcerates through skin of scrotum

Case reports
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● 66 year old man with adenoid cystic carcinoma (J Urol 1992;147:699)

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