Amyloidosis of seminal vesicles and ejaculatory ducts: a histologic analysis of 21 cases among 447 prostatectomy specimens

Annals of Diagnostic Pathology

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 235-238

  Kee, Keun Hong ^a,b   Lee, Mi Ja ^a,b   Shen, Steve S ^a   Suh, Jae Hee ^a,c   Lee, Ok Jun ^d   Cho, Hyun Y ^a,e   Ayala, Alberto G ^a   Ro, Jae Y ^a,d  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Chosun University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^d Asan Medical Center   (South Korea)

^e Gachon University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Age related; Amyloidosis; Ejaculatory duct; Seminal vesicle; Vas deferens

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID;

ADULT; AGED; AMYLOIDOSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EJACULATORY DUCT; ETHNICITY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INCIDENCE; KOREA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARENCHYMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATECTOMY; SEMINAL VESICLE; UNITED STATES; VAS DEFERENS;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AMYLOID; AMYLOIDOSIS; EJACULATORY DUCTS; GENITAL DISEASES, MALE; HUMANS; KOREA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; SEMINAL VESICLES; UNITED STATES; VAS DEFERENS;

EID: 46749119847     PISSN: 10929134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anndiagpath.2007.12.004     Document Type: Article

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