TABLE 4.
Patient no. | Anatomic region | PSMA immunohistochemistry expression |
|
Carcinoma | Benign | ||
1 | Right lobe, prostate base | Negative | Positive |
Left lobe, prostate base | Positive | Positive | |
Transition to left seminal vesicle | Positive | Positive | |
Transition to right seminal vesicle | Negative | Positive | |
2 | Right lobe, prostate base | Positive | Positive |
Transition to right seminal vesicle | Negative | Positive | |
Transition to left seminal vesicle | Negative | Positive | |
3 | Right bladder neck | Negative | Positive |
Left bladder neck | Negative | Positive | |
4 | Right lobe, prostate base | Negative | Positive |
Left lobe, prostate base | Negative | Positive | |
Right bladder neck | Negative | Positive | |
Left bladder neck | Negative | Positive | |
5 | Transition to right seminal vesicle | Positive | Negative |
Transition to left seminal vesicle | Positive | Negative | |
6 | Right lobe, prostate base | Negative | Positive |
Left lobe, prostate base | Negative | Positive | |
7 | Transition to right seminal vesicle | Positive | Positive |
Transition to left seminal vesicle | Negative | Positive | |
Right bladder neck | Negative | Positive | |
Left bladder neck | Negative | Positive | |
8 | Right lobe, prostate base | Negative | Positive |
Left lobe, prostate base | Positive | Positive | |
Transition to left seminal vesicle | Positive | Positive | |
Transition to right seminal vesicle | Negative | Positive |
For further analysis of prostate base, selective staining of last slices of prostate base was performed. Positive result indicated moderate to strong PSMA expression.