Difference between revisions of "Vas deferens"
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
(→Vasitis nodosa: more) |
m (→Vasitis nodosa: tweak) |
||
| Line 12: | Line 12: | ||
===Microscopic=== | ===Microscopic=== | ||
Features: | Features:<ref name=pmid3366928/> | ||
*Tubules in wall of vas deferens. | *Tubules in wall of vas deferens. | ||
**Lined by columnar/cuboidal epithelium. | **Lined by columnar/cuboidal epithelium. | ||
Revision as of 15:25, 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:[1]
- 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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 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/.