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*Sperm - small darking staining ovoid bodies.
*Sperm - small darking staining ovoid bodies.
**The tail is generally no seen in light microscopy.
**The tail is generally no seen in light microscopy.
*Multinucleated giant cells.
*Histocytes +/-intracytoplasmic sperm.<ref name=pmid2916356>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Pérez-Guillermo | first1 = M. | last2 = Thor | first2 = A. | last3 = Löwhagen | first3 = T. | title = Spermatic granuloma. Diagnosis by fine needle aspiration cytology. | journal = Acta Cytol | volume = 33 | issue = 1 | pages = 1-5 | month =  | year =  | doi =  | PMID = 2916356 }}</ref>
*+/-Multi-nucleated giant cells.


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Revision as of 06:08, 4 February 2012

The spermatic cord is occasionally seen by pathologists.

Sperm granuloma

General

  • Extravasated sperm.
  • Common post-vasectomy.[1][2]
  • May present as a mass.

Microscopic

Features:

  • Sperm - small darking staining ovoid bodies.
    • The tail is generally no seen in light microscopy.
  • Histocytes +/-intracytoplasmic sperm.[3]
  • +/-Multi-nucleated giant cells.

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See also

References

  1. Clenney, TL.; Higgins, JC. (Jul 1999). "Vasectomy techniques.". Am Fam Physician 60 (1): 137-46, 151-2. PMID 10414634.
  2. Gade, J.; Brasso, K. (Aug 1990). "[Sperm granulomata].". Ugeskr Laeger 152 (32): 2282-4. PMID 2205035.
  3. Pérez-Guillermo, M.; Thor, A.; Löwhagen, T.. "Spermatic granuloma. Diagnosis by fine needle aspiration cytology.". Acta Cytol 33 (1): 1-5. PMID 2916356.