[Results from cytologic grading of prostatic carcinoma (author's transl)]

The result of cytologic grading (according to Esposti) was confirmed by histology (according to Dhom 1974) in 46.1 percent of 92 cytologically and histologically proven prostatic carcinomas. The reproducibility of the results of cytologic grading was 60.9 percent. In 39.1 percent the difference was one grade. The criteria of cytologic grading were analyzed. Structural details were more reproducible than cellular details. Simplification and standardisation of cytological grading are proposed.