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'''Primary seminal vesicle carcinoma''' is a very rare malignant epithelial tumour of the [[seminal vesicles]].
'''Primary adenocarcinoma of the seminal vesicles''', also '''adenocarcinoma of the seminal vesicles''' is a very rare malignant tumour of the [[seminal vesicles]].
 
'''Primary adenocarcinoma of the seminal vesicles''' and '''adenocarcinoma of the seminal vesicles''' redirect here.


==General==
==General==
*Very rare ~ 50 reported cases in 2002.<ref>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Thiel | first1 = R. | last2 = Effert | first2 = P. | title = Primary adenocarcinoma of the seminal vesicles. | journal = J Urol | volume = 168 | issue = 5 | pages = 1891-6 | month = Nov | year = 2002 | doi = 10.1097/01.ju.0000032701.96997.e4 | PMID = 12394673 }}</ref>
*Very rare ~ 50 reported cases in 2002.<ref>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Thiel | first1 = R. | last2 = Effert | first2 = P. | title = Primary adenocarcinoma of the seminal vesicles. | journal = J Urol | volume = 168 | issue = 5 | pages = 1891-6 | month = Nov | year = 2002 | doi = 10.1097/01.ju.0000032701.96997.e4 | PMID = 12394673 }}</ref>
Clinical:
*Elevated CA-125.<ref name=pmid12394673/>


==Microscopic==
==Microscopic==
Features:
Features:
*Papillary architecture.
*Papillary architecture. (???)


DDx:
DDx:
*Benign [[seminal vesicles]] - may have "monster" cells (large typical cells).
*[[Prostatic adenocarcinoma]].
*[[Prostatic adenocarcinoma]].
*[[Colorectal adenocarcinoma]].
*[[Colorectal adenocarcinoma]].
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*CK7 +ve.
*CK7 +ve.
*CK20 -ve.
*CK20 -ve.
*CA-125 +ve.<ref name=pmid12394673/>


==See also==
==See also==
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