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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Eur Urol. 2009 Oct 17;57(6):1030–1038. doi: 10.1016/j.eururo.2009.10.020

Table 3.

Architectural and stromal features

Architectural features 0 (%) 1 (%) 2 (%) 3 (%) Any (%)
 Fused glands 5 (4.3) 21 (18.3) 43 (37.4) 46 (40) 110 (95.7)
 Cell clusters 5 (4.4) 37 (32.2) 45 (39.1) 28 (24.3) 110 (95.7)
 Small glands 13 (11.3) 28 (24.4) 39 (33.9) 35 (30.4) 102 (88.7)
 Cell cords 20 (17.3) 32 (27.8) 37 (32.1) 26 (22.6) 95 (82.7)
 Isolated cells 31 (27) 35 (30.4) 31 (27) 18 (15.7) 84 (73)
 Intraductal spread 45 (39.1) 43 (37.4) 23 (20) 4 (3.5) 70 (60.9)
 Cribriform pattern 48 (41.7) 38 (33) 20 (17.4) 9 (7.8) 67 (58.3)
 Solid sheets 113 (98) 2 (2) 0 0 2 (2)
Stromal features
 Stromal increase 2 (1.7) 54 (47) 52 (45.2) 7 (6.1) 113 (98.3)
 Stromal hypervascularity 8 (6.9) 70 (60.9) 35 (30.4) 2 (1.7) 107 (93.1)
 Stromal hypercellularity 33 (28.7) 63 (54.8) 18 (15.6) 1 (0.9) 82 (71.3)
 Absent lining 74 (64.3) 28 (24.3) 7 (6.1) 6 (5.2) 41 (35.7)
 Stromal mucin 82 (71.3) 24 (20.9) 5 (43.5) 4 (3.5) 33 (28.7)

0 = absent; 1 = present to a minor degree; 2 = present to a considerable degree; 3 = present to an extensive degree.