A Case of Cystic Ectasia of the Rete Testis

Yun Seob Song; Tae Sung Jung; Seung Hwan Doo; Won Jae Yang; Dong Hwa Lee; Seong Sook Hong

doi:10.5534/kja.2012.30.1.90

Journal List > Korean J Androl > v.30(1) > 1033114

Go to TopGo to Top Go to BottomGo to Bottom

TOOLS

Song, Jung, Doo, Yang, Lee, and Hong: A Case of Cystic Ectasia of the Rete Testis

Original Article

Korean J Androl 2012;30(1):90-91.

Published online: 17 April 2012

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5534/kja.2012.30.1.90

A Case of Cystic Ectasia of the Rete Testis

Yun Seob Song^1,, Tae Sung Jung¹, Seung Hwan Doo¹, Won Jae Yang¹, Dong Hwa Lee², Seong Sook Hong³

¹Department of Urology, Soonchunhyang University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

²Department of Pathology, Soonchunhyang University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

³Department of Radiology, Soonchunhyang University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

Correspondence to: Yun Seob Song Department of Urology, College of Medicine, Soonchunhyang University Seoul Hospital, 59 Daesagwan-ro, Yongsan-gu, Seoul 140-743, Korea Tel: 02-709-9376, Fax: 02-709-9377 E-mail: yssong@hosp.sch.ac.kr

Revised 26 July 201011 August 2010 Accepted 15 November 2010

This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Abstract

The seminiferous tubules merge and connect with the tubuli recti that form the spaces known as the rete testis. Cystic ectasia of the rete testis is a rare benign testicular lesion. We report the cystic ectasia of the rete testis in a 66-year-old man.

Keywords: Ectasia, Rete testis, Testis

REFERENCES

1). Burrus JK, Lockhart ME, Kenney PJ, Kolettis PN. Cystic ectasia of the rete testis: clinical and radiographic features. J Urol. 2002; 168:1436–8.

2). Colangelo SM, Fried K, Hyacinthe LM, Fracchia JA. Tubular ectasia of the rete testis: an ultrasound diagnosis. Urology. 1995; 45:532–4.

3). Nistal M, Mate A, Paniagua R. Cystic transformation of the rete testis. Am J Surg Pathol. 1996; 20:1231–9.

4). Jequier AM, Phillips N. Cystic dilatation of the rete testis: a hidden diagnosis among infertile men. Reprod Biomed Online. 2009; 18:190–4.

5). Jimenez-López M, Ramírez-Garrido F, López-González Garrido JD, Mantas-Avila JA, Nogueras-Ocaña M, Jimenez-Verdejo A, et al. Dilatation of the rete testis: ultrasound study. Eur Radiol. 1999; 9:1327–9.

6). Brown DL, Benson CB, Doherty FJ, Doubilet PM, DiSalvo DN, Van Alstyne GA, et al. Cystic testicular mass caused by dilated rete testis: sonographic findings in 31 cases. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 1992; 158:1257–9.

7). Fawzy MA, Kelly BE, Johnston SR. Cystic dilatation of the rete testis. Ulster Med J. 2001; 70:59–60.

8). Gooding GA, Leonhardt W, Stein R. Testicular cysts: US findings. Radiology. 1987; 163:537–8.

Fig. 1.

(A) Ultrasound of the testis showed clustered anechoic tubular structures within the rete testis of left testicle (1.63×1.19× 2.20 cm). (B) Microscopic examination in the rete testis region showed multilocular cysts, lined by simple cuboidal to columnar epithelial cells and consistent with a cystic ectasia of the rete testis and consistent with a cystic ectasia of the rete testis (arrow). H&E, ×200.

TOOLS

Similar articles