Prostatic glands and urothelial epithelium in a seminal vesicle cyst: Report of a case and review of pathologic features and prostatic ectopy

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 130, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 194-197

  Aslan, Deniz L ^a   Pambuccian, Stefan E ^a   Gulbahce, H Evin ^a   Tran, Michael L ^a   Manivel, J Carlos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYST; ECTOPIC ORGAN; ECTOPIC PROSTATE; HISTOGENESIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; PROSTATE; REVIEW; SEMINAL VESICLE CYST; SEMINAL VESICLE DISEASE; UROTHELIUM;

ADULT; CHORISTOMA; CYSTS; GENITAL DISEASES, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROSTATE; SEMINAL VESICLES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UROTHELIUM;

EID: 32544433299     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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