Original MICA image-reading exercise, unscored. No clinical narrative absent from the source is added.
- Describe visible findings before proposing an interpretation.
- Suggest an interpretation and at least one image limitation.
- Which clinical findings or investigations would complement this observation?
Reveal the explained reading
IgG4-related prostatic involvement: histology
- Technique
- Histology
- Observation
- Inflammatory cells involve glandular tissue.
- Limitation
- An infiltrate alone cannot establish IgG4-related disease.
Morphological description
Inflammatory cells involve glandular tissue.
Interpretation and diagnostic limits
The published diagnosis uses evidence absent from this image.
Differential diagnoses
Compare ordinary prostatitis and other inflammation.
Pitfalls
An infiltrate alone cannot establish IgG4-related disease.
Take-home message
Separate visible findings from missing evidence.
Sources
Documentary review: 2026-10-14
Media source & rights
- Author
- María T. Bourlon, Mónica Sánchez-Ávila, Fredy Chablé-Montero, Ricardo Arceo-Olaiz
- Original source
- María T. Bourlon, Mónica Sánchez-Ávila, Fredy Chablé-Montero, Ricardo Arceo-Olaiz · Prostatite liée aux IgG4 — architecture tissulaire · CC BY 3.0
- Licence
- CC BY 3.0
- Changes
- Full image retained; WebP conversion and proportional resize. No clinical alteration. Derivative retains the source licence.
- Dimensions
- 600 × 483 px
- Check
- 2026-10-14