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==Vasitis nodosa== | ==Vasitis nodosa== | ||
===General=== | ===General=== | ||
* | *Classically develops post-vasovasostomy (vasectomy reversal).<ref name=pmid3366928>{{Cite journal | last1 = Hirschowitz | first1 = L. | last2 = Rode | first2 = J. | last3 = Guillebaud | first3 = J. | last4 = Bounds | first4 = W. | last5 = Moss | first5 = E. | title = Vasitis nodosa and associated clinical findings. | journal = J Clin Pathol | volume = 41 | issue = 4 | pages = 419-23 | month = Apr | year = 1988 | doi = | PMID = 3366928 | PMC=1141468 }}</ref> | ||
**Seen in association with other surgical procedures. | |||
**May be seen in the context of infertility (without prior vasectomy). | |||
*Some similarity to [[salpingitis isthmica nodosa]]. | *Some similarity to [[salpingitis isthmica nodosa]]. | ||
Revision as of 15:24, 26 September 2011
The vas deferens is not seen commonly.
Vasitis nodosa
General
- Classically develops post-vasovasostomy (vasectomy reversal).[1]
- Seen in association with other surgical procedures.
- May be seen in the context of infertility (without prior vasectomy).
- Some similarity to salpingitis isthmica nodosa.
Gross
- Mass.
Microscopic
Features:
- Tubules in wall of vas deferens.
- Lined by columnar/cuboidal epithelium.
- May have mitotic activity.
- Nucleoli.
- Lined by columnar/cuboidal epithelium.
- +/-Sperm granulomas.
- Histocytes - abundant foamy cytoplasm.
- Sperm - small black dots (~1 micrometer).
See also
References
- ↑ Hirschowitz, L.; Rode, J.; Guillebaud, J.; Bounds, W.; Moss, E. (Apr 1988). "Vasitis nodosa and associated clinical findings.". J Clin Pathol 41 (4): 419-23. PMC 1141468. PMID 3366928. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1141468/.