Cervix
Benign / nonneoplastic epithelial lesions
Ectopic prostate tissue
Author: Branko Perunovic, D.M.
Topic Completed: 1 May 2007
Minor changes: 6 July 2020
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PubMed Search: "Ectopic prostate" or heterotopia cervix
Table of Contents
Definition / general | Case reports | Positive stains | Differential diagnosis | Additional referencesCite this page: Perunovic B. Ectopic prostate tissue. PathologyOutlines.com website. https://www.pathologyoutlines.com/topic/cervixectopic.html. Accessed January 22nd, 2021.
Definition / general
- Most common heterotopic tissue is cutaneous adnexae or mature cartilage islands
- Heterotopic tissue may be due to fetal homografts (Obstet Gynecol 1983;61:261)
Case reports
- 23 year old woman with adrenogenital syndrome (Int J Gynecol Pathol 2004;23:182)
- 38 year old woman with ectopic prostate (Int J Gynecol Pathol 1997;16:291)
- Patient with ectopic Darier's disease of skin (Cytopathology 1996;7:414)
Differential diagnosis
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