Difference between revisions of "Amyloid in the seminal vesicles"
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===Significance/management=== | ===Significance/management=== | ||
*A paper by Yang ''et al.'' suggests it is not necessary to work-up further | *A paper by Yang ''et al.'' (looking at a small series) suggests it is not necessary to work-up further.<ref name=pmid23223033>{{Cite journal | last1 = Yang | first1 = Z. | last2 = Laird | first2 = A. | last3 = Monaghan | first3 = A. | last4 = Seywright | first4 = M. | last5 = Ahmad | first5 = I. | last6 = Leung | first6 = HY. | title = Incidental seminal vesicle amyloidosis observed in diagnostic prostate biopsies--are routine investigations for systemic amyloidosis warranted? | journal = Asian J Androl | volume = 15 | issue = 1 | pages = 149-51 | month = Jan | year = 2013 | doi = 10.1038/aja.2012.125 | PMID = 23223033 }}</ref> | ||
==Stains== | ==Stains== | ||
Revision as of 18:34, 16 April 2018
Amyloid in the seminal vesicles is a relatively common histologic finding.
General
Significance/management
- A paper by Yang et al. (looking at a small series) suggests it is not necessary to work-up further.[3]
Stains
- Congo red +ve.
See also
References
- ↑ Argon, A.; Sımşır, A.; Sarsik, B.; Tuna, B.; Yörükoğlu, K.; Nıflıoğlu, GG.; Sen, S. (2012). "Amyloidosis of seminal vesicles; incidence and pathologic characteristics.". Turk Patoloji Derg 28 (1): 44-8. doi:10.5146/tjpath.2012.01096. PMID 22207431.
- ↑ Pitkänen, P.; Westermark, P.; Cornwell, GG.; Murdoch, W. (Jan 1983). "Amyloid of the seminal vesicles. A distinctive and common localized form of senile amyloidosis.". Am J Pathol 110 (1): 64-9. PMID 6849372.
- ↑ Yang, Z.; Laird, A.; Monaghan, A.; Seywright, M.; Ahmad, I.; Leung, HY. (Jan 2013). "Incidental seminal vesicle amyloidosis observed in diagnostic prostate biopsies--are routine investigations for systemic amyloidosis warranted?". Asian J Androl 15 (1): 149-51. doi:10.1038/aja.2012.125. PMID 23223033.