PROLIFERATIVE INFLAMMATORY ATROPHY: POTENTIAL PRECURSOR LESION FOR PROSTATIC ADENOCARCINOMA
Introduction: Prostatic Intraepithelial neoplasia (PIN) is currently considered as the only precursor lesion of prostate cancer (PCa); nevertheless, some years ago, it has been suspected that the atrophic lesions also might be involved in its carcinogenesis.In 1999, De Marzo prospered, the expression Proliferative Inflammatory Atrophy (PIA) to deno