Volume : IX, Issue : IV, April - 2019

The prevalence of latent histopathological prostate carcinoma in Trichy: An autopsy study.

Dr. Sivaelangovan. R, Dr. Balakrishnan. K

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Background: Latent adenocarcinoma of prostate refers to cases who present no obvious sign or symptom during their life span and the tumor is incidentally found at postmortem examination. Its incidence can be very important in epidemiologic investigations, prevention and treatment. Objectives: The aim of present study is to determine the incidence of latent prostate carcinoma by studying the prostate of men above 30 years old and under 80 year old referred to forensic medicine in KAPV Govt Medical college/ MGM Govt Hospital–Trichy.Tamilnadu Methods: A diagnostic evaluation study was conducted in the Department of pathology, KAPV Govt Medical college–Trichy,Tamilnadu .In this study, 68 men aged above 30 and under 80 year old who had died of different reasons and undergone autopsy were examined. Their prostates were excised and the slides were studied for the presence of adenocarcioma. In each case, age, weight of prostate, location of lesion, and grading according to Gleason‘s system were determined and the results were analyzed . Results: Out of 68 cases, 3 cases(4.41 %) were invasive adenocarcinoma. Most of the tumors were located in posterior lobe of prostate and they were more frequent in older cases (>60 years of age). conclusion: Worldwide studies show lower prevalence of latent carcinoma of prostate in Asian men than white European ones. The limitation of the study is small sample size. so the results cant be be generalised to a larger population. Therefore further studies are warranted to get a better estimate of incidence latent prostate carcinoma in autopsy

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THE PREVALENCE OF LATENT HISTOPATHOLOGICAL PROSTATE CARCINOMA IN TRICHY: AN AUTOPSY STUDY., Dr.Sivaelangovan.R, Dr.Balakrishnan.K INDIAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED RESEARCH : Volume-9 | Issue-4 | April-2019


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