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A case of adenocarcinoma derived from a female paraurethral duct is described. Morphologically the tumour looked like a prostatic adenocarcinoma. Furthermore, the tumour cells stained positively with antibodies to prostatic specific antigen and prostatic specific acid phosphatase. The karyotype of the patient was 45,x/46,xx/47,xxx/ 46,xt(x;13)(p11;q22) demonstrating that the patient was not a hermaphrodite. The tumour therefore represented female homology of a prostatic adenocarcinoma.
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Svanholm, H., Andersen, O.P. & Røhl, H. Tumour of female paraurethral duct. Vichows Archiv A Pathol Anat 411, 395–398 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00713386
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