1987 Volume 78 Issue 1 Pages 24-28
For detection of incidental carcinoma of the prostate, total 111 consecutive cases with simple prostatectomy under the diagnosis of benign prostatic hypertrophy were histologically examined by step section technique. Eleven cases (9.9%) of incidental carcinoma were detected histologically. Nine of the eleven cases showed well differentiated and the other two cases showed moderately differentiated carcinoma. All the cases with the focus less than 10mm in diameter showed well differentiated carcinoma. All foci of carcinoma were found at the area of surgical capsule or the vicinity, apparently outside of inner glandular hyperplastic areas.
