[Female prostate cancer?]

Pathologe. 2017 Sep;38(5):448-450. doi: 10.1007/s00292-017-0322-9.
[Article in German]

Abstract

We present a case of a female patient who had a clinically suspected advanced urothelial carcinoma of the urethra. Histopathological examination surprisingly revealed a malignant tumor with morphological and immunohistochemical features of prostate cancer, leading to the diagnosis of the extremely rare entity of Skene's gland adenocarcinoma.

Keywords: Primary specific antigen; Primary urethral adenocarcinoma; Prostate carcinoma; Salivary duct carcinoma; Skene’s gland adenocarcinoma.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adenocarcinoma / pathology*
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Biopsy
  • Carcinoma, Transitional Cell / pathology*
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Exocrine Glands / pathology*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Neoplasm Invasiveness
  • Prostate-Specific Antigen / analysis
  • Prostatic Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Receptors, Androgen / analysis
  • Rectum / pathology
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Urethra / pathology
  • Urethral Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Vagina / pathology

Substances

  • Receptors, Androgen
  • Prostate-Specific Antigen