Paget's disease of the scrotum: a case exhibiting positive prostate‐specific antigen staining and associated prostatic adenocarcinoma

A 75‐year‐old man with carcinoma of the prostate presented with a pruritic, erythematous plaque involving the scrotal skin. Histological examination revealed extramammary Paget's disease. The intraepidermal tumour cells expressed prostate‐specific antigen in keeping with a prostatic origin....

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Published in:	British journal of dermatology (1951) Vol. 138; no. 4; pp. 689 - 691
Main Authors:	ALLAN, S. J. R, MCLAREN, K, ALDRIDGE, R. D
Format:	Journal Article Conference Proceeding
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford BSL Blackwell Science Ltd 01-04-1998 Blackwell Oxford University Press
Subjects:	Adenocarcinoma - pathology Aged Antigens, Neoplasm - analysis Biological and medical sciences Dermatology Genital Neoplasms, Male - pathology Humans Male Medical sciences Neoplasms, Second Primary - pathology Paget Disease, Extramammary - pathology Prostate-Specific Antigen - analysis Prostatic Neoplasms - pathology Scrotum Tumors of the skin and soft tissue. Premalignant lesions Adenocarcinoma Case study Human Scrotum Skin disease Association Paget disease Skin Malignant tumor Male genital diseases Prostate
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Summary:	A 75‐year‐old man with carcinoma of the prostate presented with a pruritic, erythematous plaque involving the scrotal skin. Histological examination revealed extramammary Paget's disease. The intraepidermal tumour cells expressed prostate‐specific antigen in keeping with a prostatic origin.
Bibliography:	ObjectType-Case Study-2 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-4 content type line 23 ObjectType-Report-1 ObjectType-Article-3
ISSN:	0007-0963 1365-2133
DOI:	10.1046/j.1365-2133.1998.02187.x