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    Eur Urol. 1992;22(4):339-42.

    Blue nevus of the prostate: report of two new cases with immunohistochemical and electron-microscopic studies.

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    Department of Pathology, Hospital Ramón y Cajal, Madrid, Spain.

    Abstract

    Two new cases of prostatic blue nevus are studied with routine histological, immunohistochemical and ultrastructural methods. Both cases showed a chronic lower urinary tract obstruction due to a benign prostatic hyperplasia with spindle-shaped stromal cells loaded with melanin pigment. These cells were positive for S-100 and negative for HMB-45 antibodies, being, to the best of our knowledge, the first time that this antibody has been tested in prostatic pigmented lesions. The electron-microscopy study was performed in the first case, confirming the nature of these pigmented cells as melanocytes derived from the neural crest showing melanosomes in all the stages of differentiation and without complete basal cell membrane. The histogenesis of pigmented lesions of the prostate and the differences between blue nevus and melanosis are discussed, and the literature is reviewed.

    PMID:
    1490513
    [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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