Figure 3.

Examples of prostate specimen slides: H&E stained at 50× magnification. (a) Small prostate specimen (24 g). The external, posterior margin is inked and marked with an asterisk. A decent number of hyperplastic glands (as indicated by arrows) are present and easily visible in the PZ (black line) close to the thin capsule. (b) Large prostate specimen (100 g). The external, posterior margin is also inked and marked with an asterisk. The arrow indicates an atrophic gland within the extended fibrotic layer/surgical capsule (black line). This capsule is much thicker in comparison with (a), and no hyperplastic glands are present. Reprinted from Guzman et al. with permission by Dove Medical Press Limited.²⁶

PZ, peripheral zone.