Proliferative Inflammatory Atrophy

**Semantic type:** Disease or Syndrome

**Definition:** A lesion in the prostate gland characterized by glandular atrophy, chronic inflammation, and epithelial hyperplasia. It has been suggested that it is a precancerous lesion and it may lead to the development of prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia and prostatic carcinoma.

**Synonyms:** - PIA - Prostate Proliferative Inflammatory Atrophy