Difference between revisions of "Primary seminal vesicle carcinoma"

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==General==
==General==
*Very rare ~ 50 reported cases in 2002.<ref>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Thiel | first1 = R. | last2 = Effert | first2 = P. | title = Primary adenocarcinoma of the seminal vesicles. | journal = J Urol | volume = 168 | issue = 5 | pages = 1891-6 | month = Nov | year = 2002 | doi = 10.1097/01.ju.0000032701.96997.e4 | PMID = 12394673 }}</ref>
*Very rare ~ 50 reported cases in 2002.<ref>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Thiel | first1 = R. | last2 = Effert | first2 = P. | title = Primary adenocarcinoma of the seminal vesicles. | journal = J Urol | volume = 168 | issue = 5 | pages = 1891-6 | month = Nov | year = 2002 | doi = 10.1097/01.ju.0000032701.96997.e4 | PMID = 12394673 }}</ref>
Clinical:
*Elevated CA-125.<ref name=pmid12394673>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Thiel | first1 = R. | last2 = Effert | first2 = P. | title = Primary adenocarcinoma of the seminal vesicles. | journal = J Urol | volume = 168 | issue = 5 | pages = 1891-6 | month = Nov | year = 2002 | doi = 10.1097/01.ju.0000032701.96997.e4 | PMID = 12394673 }}</ref>


==Microscopic==
==Microscopic==
Features:
Features:
*Papillary architecture.
*Papillary architecture. (???)


DDx:
DDx:
*Benign [[seminal vesicles]] - may have "monster" cells (large typical cells).
*[[Prostatic adenocarcinoma]].
*[[Prostatic adenocarcinoma]].
*[[Colorectal adenocarcinoma]].
*[[Colorectal adenocarcinoma]].
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*CK7 +ve.
*CK7 +ve.
*CK20 -ve.
*CK20 -ve.
*CA-125 +ve.<ref name=pmid12394673/>


==See also==
==See also==

Latest revision as of 18:55, 20 March 2014

Primary seminal vesicle carcinoma is a very rare malignant epithelial tumour of the seminal vesicles.

Primary adenocarcinoma of the seminal vesicles and adenocarcinoma of the seminal vesicles redirect here.

General

  • Very rare ~ 50 reported cases in 2002.[1]

Clinical:

  • Elevated CA-125.[2]

Microscopic

Features:

  • Papillary architecture. (???)

DDx:

Images

IHC

Features:[4]

  • PSA -ve.
  • CK7 +ve.
  • CK20 -ve.
  • CA-125 +ve.[2]

See also

References

  1. Thiel, R.; Effert, P. (Nov 2002). "Primary adenocarcinoma of the seminal vesicles.". J Urol 168 (5): 1891-6. doi:10.1097/01.ju.0000032701.96997.e4. PMID 12394673.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Thiel, R.; Effert, P. (Nov 2002). "Primary adenocarcinoma of the seminal vesicles.". J Urol 168 (5): 1891-6. doi:10.1097/01.ju.0000032701.96997.e4. PMID 12394673.
  3. Tarján, M.; Ottlecz, I.; Tot, T. (Jan 2009). "Primary adenocarcinoma of the seminal vesicle.". Indian J Urol 25 (1): 143-5. doi:10.4103/0970-1591.45557. PMID 19468449.
  4. Ormsby, AH.; Haskell, R.; Jones, D.; Goldblum, JR. (Jan 2000). "Primary seminal vesicle carcinoma: an immunohistochemical analysis of four cases.". Mod Pathol 13 (1): 46-51. doi:10.1038/modpathol.3880008. PMID 10658909.

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