Vas deferens
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
The vas deferens is not seen commonly.
Vasitis nodosa
General
- Develops post-vasovasostomy.[1]
- 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/.