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Microscopy of the secretion of the prostate (prostate)
Last reviewed: 23.04.2024
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Microscopic examination of the secretion of the prostate (prostate)
Leukocytes in the secretion of the prostate (prostate). In normal secretion, the number of white blood cells is from 0 to 10-12 in the field of vision or up to 2000 in 1 ml when counting in the chamber. The number of them increases with inflammatory processes, but the results are affected by the technique of taking the material and the admixture of the contents of the urethra.
Erythrocytes in the secretion of the prostate (prostate gland) are normal in a normal secret; an increased amount is detected in inflammatory processes and neoplasms.
Epithelial cells in the secretion of the prostate (prostate). The inferior ducts of the prostate gland are lined with a cylindrical and transitional epithelium. Normally, single cells of the cylindrical epithelium are found in secret. A large number of epithelial cells, especially in the state of fatty degeneration and in combination with a number of leukocytes, indicates an inflammatory process.
Macrophages in the secretion of the prostate (prostate gland) are found in chronic inflammatory processes and in the stasis of secretion.
Giant cells in the secretion of the prostate (prostate gland) type of cells of foreign bodies can be in the same cases as macrophages.
Amyloid stones (corpuscles) in the secretion of the prostate (prostate gland) are a condensed secret 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 secretion of the prostate (prostate gland) - a specific product of the secretion of the epithelium of the prostate gland, give a secret to the milky form, refer to phosphatides; a normal secret is rich in them. A decrease in their number, along with an increase in the number of leukocytes observed in malignant tumors of the prostate, inflammatory processes. In the secretion of the prostate gland there may be a Trusso-Lallemane calf resembling wax-shaped cylinders, and Bettcher crystals, similar to the Charcot-Leiden crystals. Their appearance is associated with prostatitis.
Cells of malignant neoplasms in the secretion of the prostate (prostate gland). These cells are more often found in the form of complexes with scalloped edges, with the erased boundaries between the cells.
Elements of the fungus in the secretion of the prostate (prostate gland) are found in fungal infection of the prostate.
Retention syndrome (stasis syndrome) is observed in adenoma of the gland; is manifested by the abundance of macrophages, the presence of multinuclear cells such as foreign bodies and amyloid bodies.
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