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Microscopy of prostate (prostate gland) secretion
Last reviewed: 06.07.2025
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Microscopic examination of prostate secretion (prostate gland)
Leukocytes in prostate secretion (prostate gland). In normal secretion, the number of leukocytes is from 0 to 10-12 in the field of view or up to 2000 in 1 ml when counting in a chamber. Their number increases with inflammatory processes, but the results are affected by the technique of taking the material and the admixture of urethral contents.
Erythrocytes in the prostate secretion (prostate gland) are single in normal secretion; an increased number is detected in inflammatory processes and neoplasms.
Epithelial cells in the secretion of the prostate (prostate gland). The excretory ducts of the prostate gland are lined with cylindrical and transitional epithelium. In the norm, single cells of the cylindrical epithelium are found in the secretion. A large number of epithelial cells, especially in the state of fatty degeneration and in combination with many leukocytes, indicates an inflammatory process.
Macrophages in the secretion of the prostate (prostate gland) are found in chronic inflammatory processes and with stagnation of secretion.
Giant cells in the prostate gland secretion (foreign body cells) can be found in the same cases as macrophages.
Amyloid concretions (bodies) in the secretion of the prostate (prostate gland) are a thickened secretion of the gland, have an oval shape and a layered structure, sometimes an irregular shape. Normally absent. Their appearance indicates stagnation in the prostate, which can occur in inflammatory processes, adenomas, in elderly people with hypertrophy of the gland.
Lecithin grains in the prostate secretion (prostate gland) are a specific product of the secretion of the epithelium of the prostate gland, they give the secretion a milky appearance, they belong to phosphatides; normal secretion is rich in them. A decrease in their number along with an increase in the number of leukocytes is observed in malignant tumors of the prostate, inflammatory processes. In the secretion of the prostate gland there may be Trousseau-Lallemant bodies, resembling waxy cylinders, and Boettcher crystals, similar to Charcot-Leyden crystals. Their appearance is associated with prostatitis.
Malignant neoplasm cells in the prostate gland secretion. These cells are often found in the form of complexes with scalloped edges, with blurred boundaries between cells.
Elements of the fungus in the secretion of the prostate (prostate gland) are found in cases of fungal infection of the prostate.
Retention syndrome (stagnation syndrome) is observed in glandular adenoma; it is manifested by an abundance of macrophages, the presence of multinucleated cells of the foreign body type and amyloid bodies.
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