Dauge M C, Delmas V, Potier M
Service d'Anatomie Pathologique, CHU X. BICHAT, Paris, France.
Morphologie. 1999 Mar;83(260):5-14.
Vésalius, in 1543, described, for the first time, the prostate as an unique organ. But, in the 19th century, two schools confronted; for Cruveilhier and Testut, the prostate was made of several lobes, when Cloquet and Sappey thought it as a unique zone. Albarran, in 1902, described the sub-uretral glands. Thereafter, Cuneo, in 1911 and Franks, in 1954, described two zones, one, internal, formed by the Albarran's glands, and the other, external, concerning the whole prostatic gland. On the contrary, Lowsley, in 1912, and Gil Vernet, in 1953, described several lobes, 5 for Lowsley, 3 for Gil Vernet. Recently, in 1968, and 1978, McNeal had made the proof that the prostate is histologically and anatomically heterogeneous, with three zones, transitional, central and peripheral ones.
1543年，维萨里首次将前列腺描述为一个独特的器官。但是，在19世纪，出现了两种不同的观点；克鲁维耶尔和泰斯特认为前列腺由几个叶组成，而克洛凯和萨佩则认为它是一个单一的区域。1902年，阿尔巴兰描述了尿道下腺。此后，1911年库尼奥和1954年弗兰克斯描述了两个区域，一个是内部区域，由阿尔巴兰腺组成，另一个是外部区域，涉及整个前列腺。相反，1912年洛斯利和1953年吉尔·韦尔内描述了几个叶，洛斯利认为有5个叶，吉尔·韦尔内认为有3个叶。最近，1968年和1978年，麦克尼尔证明前列腺在组织学和解剖学上是异质性的，有三个区域，即移行区、中央区和外周区。
