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The '''epididymis''' is a mostly forgotten organ associated with the [[testis]]. It is rarely afflicited by tumours.<ref name=pmid22522502>{{Cite journal | last1 = Yeung | first1 = CH. | last2 = Wang | first2 = K. | last3 = Cooper | first3 = TG. | title = Why are epididymal tumours so rare? | journal = Asian J Androl | volume = 14 | issue = 3 | pages = 465-75 | month = May | year = 2012 | doi = 10.1038/aja.2012.20 | PMID = 22522502 }}</ref> | The '''epididymis''' is a mostly forgotten organ associated with the [[testis]]. It is rarely afflicited by tumours.<ref name=pmid22522502>{{Cite journal | last1 = Yeung | first1 = CH. | last2 = Wang | first2 = K. | last3 = Cooper | first3 = TG. | title = Why are epididymal tumours so rare? | journal = Asian J Androl | volume = 14 | issue = 3 | pages = 465-75 | month = May | year = 2012 | doi = 10.1038/aja.2012.20 | PMID = 22522502 }}</ref> | ||
==Normal histology== | |||
*Tubular structures lined by a pseudostratified epithelium with cilia. | |||
==Pathology== | ==Pathology== | ||
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*Infections - typically afflicit the epididymis before the testis. | *Infections - typically afflicit the epididymis before the testis. | ||
**The exception if [[syphilis]]; it afflicits the [[testis]] first. | **The exception if [[syphilis]]; it afflicits the [[testis]] first. | ||
*Serous cystadenoma of the epididymis.<ref name=pmid17318978>{{Cite journal | last1 = Klimis | first1 = T. | last2 = Vlahos | first2 = P. | last3 = Kokotas | first3 = N. | title = Serous cystadenoma of the epididymis of common epithelial ovarian type: case report with an immunohistochemical study. | journal = J BUON | volume = 11 | issue = 2 | pages = 237-40 | month = | year = | doi = | PMID = 17318978 }}</ref> | |||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||