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→Normal vas deferens
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*Seen in the context of ''vasectomy''. | *Seen in the context of ''vasectomy''. | ||
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*Vasectomy is associated with [[testicle|testicular changes]] - increased seminiferous tubule wall thickness and decreased number of Sertoli cells.<ref name=pmid4058505>{{Cite journal | last1 = Jarow | first1 = JP. | last2 = Budin | first2 = RE. | last3 = Dym | first3 = M. | last4 = Zirkin | first4 = BR. | last5 = Noren | first5 = S. | last6 = Marshall | first6 = FF. | title = Quantitative pathologic changes in the human testis after vasectomy. A controlled study. | journal = N Engl J Med | volume = 313 | issue = 20 | pages = 1252-6 | month = Nov | year = 1985 | doi = 10.1056/NEJM198511143132003 | PMID = 4058505 }}</ref> | |||
===Gross=== | |||
*Cylindrical piece of tissue. | |||
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*Surface should be inked. | |||
===Microscopic=== | ===Microscopic=== | ||
Features: | Features: | ||
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*Muscle layers - like in bowel. | *Muscle layers - like in bowel. | ||
*Lumen must be completely visualized in the plane of section. | |||
DDx: | DDx: | ||
*Missed vas deferens. | *Missed vas deferens. | ||
*Incomplete vasectomy - only partial lumen. | |||
===IHC=== | ===IHC=== | ||