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[[Image:Normal_Vas_Deferens%2C_Human_%283952564123%29.jpg|thumb|right|Vas deferens. (WC/Ed Uthman)]] | |||
The '''vas deferens''' are often seen as part of a [[prostate gland|prostatectomy]] specimen.<ref>URL: [http://www.upmccancercenters.com/cancer/prostate/radprostretropubic.html http://www.upmccancercenters.com/cancer/prostate/radprostretropubic.html]. Accessed on: 26 September 2011.</ref> They are the component of the [[spermatic cord]] that carries the sperm. | The '''vas deferens''' are often seen as part of a [[prostate gland|prostatectomy]] specimen.<ref>URL: [http://www.upmccancercenters.com/cancer/prostate/radprostretropubic.html http://www.upmccancercenters.com/cancer/prostate/radprostretropubic.html]. Accessed on: 26 September 2011.</ref> They are the component of the [[spermatic cord]] that carries the sperm. | ||
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*Missed vas deferens | *Missed vas deferens. | ||
**Intermediate size blood vessels +/- denudation. | |||
**Ureter. | |||
*Incomplete vasectomy - only partial lumen. | *Incomplete vasectomy - only partial lumen. | ||
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*CD10 +ve (marker of Wolffian differentiation). | *CD10 +ve (marker of Wolffian differentiation). | ||
*Pankeratin +ve. | *Pankeratin +ve. | ||
*PAX-8 +ve (100%).<ref name=pmid32633248>{{cite journal | | *PAX-8 +ve (100%).<ref name=pmid32633248>{{cite journal |authors=Ortiz-Rey JA, Domínguez-de Dios J, Pérez-Schoch M, San Miguel-Fraile P, Gómez-de María C |title=[New immunohistochemistry markers to determine presence of vas deferens in vasectomy specimen.] |language=Spanish; Castilian |journal=Arch Esp Urol |volume=73 |issue=6 |pages=534–540 |date=July 2020 |pmid=32633248 |doi= |url=}}</ref> | ||
*GATA-3 +ve.<ref name=pmid33012491>{{cite journal |authors=Ortiz-Rey JA, Domínguez-de Dios J, Pérez-Schoch M, San Miguel-Fraile P, Gómez-de María C |title=[E-Cadherine and GATA-3 are useful in the confirmation of the vas deferens in vasectomy specimens] |language=Spanish; Castilian |journal=Rev Esp Patol |volume=53 |issue=4 |pages=218–225 |date=2020 |pmid=33012491 |doi=10.1016/j.patol.2020.02.005 |url=}}</ref> | |||
*ERG -ve.<ref name=pmid32633248/> | *ERG -ve.<ref name=pmid32633248/> | ||
*CD34 -ve.<ref name=pmid32633248/> | *CD34 -ve.<ref name=pmid32633248/> | ||