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*Embryological remnant - benign. | *Embryological remnant - benign. | ||
**Wolffian duct = precursor of male reproductive tract.<ref name=pmid16567946>{{cite journal |author=Hannema SE, Print CG, Charnock-Jones DS, Coleman N, Hughes IA |title=Changes in gene expression during Wolffian duct development |journal=Horm. Res. |volume=65 |issue=4 |pages=200–9 |year=2006 |pmid=16567946 |doi=10.1159/000092408 |url=}}</ref> | **Wolffian duct = precursor of male reproductive tract.<ref name=pmid16567946>{{cite journal |author=Hannema SE, Print CG, Charnock-Jones DS, Coleman N, Hughes IA |title=Changes in gene expression during Wolffian duct development |journal=Horm. Res. |volume=65 |issue=4 |pages=200–9 |year=2006 |pmid=16567946 |doi=10.1159/000092408 |url=}}</ref> | ||
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*This is ''not'' a finding that is reported. The importance of this finding is knowing it isn't something neoplastic. | |||
===Microscopic=== | ===Microscopic=== | ||
Features:<ref>Sternberg SE. Histology for Pathologists. 2nd Ed. P.893.</ref> | Features:<ref>Sternberg SE. Histology for Pathologists. 2nd Ed. P.893.</ref> | ||
* | *Small duct -- typically ~50-100 micrometres in diameter. | ||
**Duct lined by cuboidal cells with moderate eosinophilic cytoplasm. | |||
DDx: | DDx: | ||