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Urothelial metaplasia of the seminal vesicle and ejaculatory duct associated with crossed-fused renal ectopia and Hutch diverticulum of the bladder
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Calgary and Calgary Laboratory Services, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Jun  2018 (Vol.  25, Issue  3, Pages( 9360 - 9362)
PMID: 29900826

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  • The presence of urothelial epithelial metaplasia in a seminal vesicle is an exceptionally rare finding. We describe a unique case of urothelial metaplasia of the seminal vesicle and ejaculatory duct, found in a radical prostatectomy specimen from a patient with complex urogenital anatomy. A 70-year-old patient with organ confined (pT2) prostatic adenocarcinoma (Gleason score 3+4 = 7) had a right-sided Hutch diverticulum and a left crossed-fused renal ectopia. Although the histogenesis of urothelial metaplasia in the seminal vesicle remains unclear, in the patient presented herein it likely developed as a consequence of the previously unrecognized malformation.