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==General== | ==General== | ||
*Prevlance is 5-21% in two large prostatectomy series.<ref name=pmid22207431>{{Cite journal | last1 = Argon | first1 = A. | last2 = Sımşır | first2 = A. | last3 = Sarsik | first3 = B. | last4 = Tuna | first4 = B. | last5 = Yörükoğlu | first5 = K. | last6 = Nıflıoğlu | first6 = GG. | last7 = Sen | first7 = S. | title = Amyloidosis of seminal vesicles; incidence and pathologic characteristics. | journal = Turk Patoloji Derg | volume = 28 | issue = 1 | pages = 44-8 | month = | year = 2012 | doi = 10.5146/tjpath.2012.01096 | PMID = 22207431 }}</ref><ref name=pmid6849372>{{Cite journal | last1 = Pitkänen | first1 = P. | last2 = Westermark | first2 = P. | last3 = Cornwell | first3 = GG. | last4 = Murdoch | first4 = W. | title = Amyloid of the seminal vesicles. A distinctive and common localized form of senile amyloidosis. | journal = Am J Pathol | volume = 110 | issue = 1 | pages = 64-9 | month = Jan | year = 1983 | doi = | PMID = 6849372 }}</ref> | *Prevlance is 5-21% in two large prostatectomy series.<ref name=pmid22207431>{{Cite journal | last1 = Argon | first1 = A. | last2 = Sımşır | first2 = A. | last3 = Sarsik | first3 = B. | last4 = Tuna | first4 = B. | last5 = Yörükoğlu | first5 = K. | last6 = Nıflıoğlu | first6 = GG. | last7 = Sen | first7 = S. | title = Amyloidosis of seminal vesicles; incidence and pathologic characteristics. | journal = Turk Patoloji Derg | volume = 28 | issue = 1 | pages = 44-8 | month = | year = 2012 | doi = 10.5146/tjpath.2012.01096 | PMID = 22207431 }}</ref><ref name=pmid6849372>{{Cite journal | last1 = Pitkänen | first1 = P. | last2 = Westermark | first2 = P. | last3 = Cornwell | first3 = GG. | last4 = Murdoch | first4 = W. | title = Amyloid of the seminal vesicles. A distinctive and common localized form of senile amyloidosis. | journal = Am J Pathol | volume = 110 | issue = 1 | pages = 64-9 | month = Jan | year = 1983 | doi = | PMID = 6849372 }}</ref> | ||
Significance/management: | |||
*A paper by Yang ''et al.'' 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== | |||
*[[Congo red]] +ve. | |||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||