Mucinous Adenocarcinoma of Prostate: A different and a rare entity.

Manmeet Kaur; Sarita Nibhoria; Kanwardeep Kaur Tiwana; Nisha Singla

Volume : VIII, Issue : I, January - 2018

Mucinous Adenocarcinoma of Prostate: A different and a rare entity.

Manmeet Kaur, Sarita Nibhoria, Kanwardeep Kaur Tiwana, Nisha Singla

Abstract :

Although adenocarcinomas are the most common malignancy encountered in the prostatectomy specimens/ trucut biopsies, however, the other microscopic types like squamous cell carcinoma, adenosquamous carcinoma, basaloid carcinoma and mucinous adenocarcinoma can also be seen. Of these, mucinous adenocarcinomas are the least common variant of prostate cancer and represents only 0.2% of the total cases. It usually has no obvious symptoms, its usual clinical symptom are frequency, dysuria and difficulty in voiding which are similar to benign prostate hyperplasia. The clinical significance of mucinous adenocarcinoma is that it differs from ordinary prostatic adenocarcinoma by the rarity of bony metastases, lack of hormone dependency and lesser degree of response to the radiation therapy.