[ frequency of AgNOR [Argyrophilic Nucleoli Organizer Region] points in differentiation between the benign prostatic hyperplasia and prostatic adenocarcinoma]

ABSTRACT

Background: while the differentiation of prostatic adenocarcinoma and benign prostatic hyperplasia [BPH] is not often a difficult task, sometimes it is not the case even for the experienced pathologists. In this study the efficacy of AgNOR staining technique for differentiating between the prostatic adenocarcinoma and BPH were evaluated