Periprostatic subendothelial intravascular granulomatosis: a mimic of high-grade intravascular prostatic adenocarcinoma

Int J Surg Pathol. 2004 Jan;12(1):75-8. doi: 10.1177/106689690401200114.

Abstract

A rare case of intravascular granulomatous inflammation mimicking intravascular prostatic adenocarcinoma is reported. To the author's knowledge, there have been no previous reports of prostatic or periprostatic intravascular granulomatous inflammation. A 67-year-old man presented with elevated serum prostate specific antigen (PSA) and was found to have a high-grade adenocarcinoma of the prostate. A radical prostatectomy revealed intravascular subendothelial granulomatous inflammation mimicking vascular invasion of a high-grade adenocarcinoma found elsewhere in the prostate. Immunoperoxidase stains confirmed that the subendothelial infiltrate was composed of histiocytes and not tumor cells. Periprostatic subendothelial intravascular granulomatosis is a rare event, which may mimic vascular involvement of high-grade prostatic adenocarcinoma and may result from a previous needle biopsy of the prostate. Possible mechanisms for this finding are discussed. It is important to distinguish this process from high-grade prostatic adenocarcinoma involving blood vessels for obvious clinical reasons.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adenocarcinoma / complications*
  • Adenocarcinoma / pathology
  • Adenocarcinoma / surgery
  • Aged
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Granuloma / complications
  • Granuloma / pathology*
  • Granuloma / surgery
  • Humans
  • Immunohistochemistry
  • Male
  • Prostate / blood supply*
  • Prostate-Specific Antigen / blood
  • Prostatic Neoplasms / complications*
  • Prostatic Neoplasms / pathology
  • Prostatic Neoplasms / surgery
  • Prostatitis / complications
  • Prostatitis / pathology*
  • Prostatitis / surgery

Substances

  • Prostate-Specific Antigen