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Prostatic Xanthoma

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The lipid-laden histiocytes have vacuolated cytoplasm containing light brown pigment. The nuclei are small and there are no prominent nucleoli. Distinction from hypernephroid pattern of high-grade prostatic adenocarcinoma can usually be done without difficulty in most cases based on H&E features alone.

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