Adenocarcinoma of the rete testis is very rare. There is still little knowledge about its etiology and pathogenesis. Herein, we present a case of rete testis adenocarcinoma in a 36-year-old Chinese male. The tumor was predominantly composed of irregular small tubules and papillary structures with cuboidal or polygonal cells. In peripheral area of the tumor, the remaining normal rete testis and ...

By M. N. S. CHETTI, i.u. & s., Civil Surgeon, Sagaing. A Burman male aged 47 years was brought to the hospital on 1st April, 1925, with a history of enlargement of the right testicle with swelling about 9 clays ago without any cause. On examination the tumour was found to be somewhat about the shape and size of a mediumsized mango extending above the external ring. The upper one-third was soft ...

History.? The patient noticed enlargement of the left testicle while he was 13 years old ; it was quite pain'ess then. After a year he also noticed slight enlargement of the other testicle, but he cannot state when the thickening of his scrotum commenced. Within these two years his scrotum assumed the size of a child's head, and continued so till the 45ih year of his age. During the last nine y...

introduction: undescended testis is a common problem in children. cryptorchid testis is frequently accompanied by gross morphologic changes with regard to the size and shape of the testis, various degree of detachment between the epididymis and testis. we assessed the epididymal anomalies and patency of process vaginalis in boys with udt.   material &method;: it is a prospective study which was...

In recent years, it has become apparent that the testis produces, in addition to the androgens, considerable amounts of another type of secretion which flows from the lumina of the seminiferous tubules through the rete testis into the epididymis. Here a large part of the fluid part of the secretion is reabsorbed, but additional compounds are added as the spermatozoa pass down the epididymal duc...

This review focuses on the importance of oestrogen and oestrogen receptors in the male reproductive system, with a special interest in the newly discovered role of oestrogen in the regulation of fluid reabsorption in the efferent ductules of the testis. Early work on oestrogen synthesis indicated that Leydig and Sertoli cells were the only important cells in the production of this steroid in th...

background: the study of specific genes expressed in the testis is important to understanding testis development and function. spermatogenesis is an attractive model for the study of gene expression during germ cell differentiation. spermatogenesis associated-19 (spata-19) is a recently-identified important spermatogenesis-related gene specifically expressed in testis. its protein product is in...