Eosinophilic Metaplasia in the Epididymis in Association With Lipofuscin Pigment: A Case Report

We present the case of a 54-year-old man with a cystic formation measuring 0.6 cm in the head of the epididymis. Histologically, the lesion showed intense granular eosinophilic transformation of the cytoplasm. The finding was assessed as eosinophilic metaplasia (EM) and showed association with and d...

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Autor principal: Gerakova, Elena I
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2023
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Pathology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10019001/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36938218
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.34961
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description We present the case of a 54-year-old man with a cystic formation measuring 0.6 cm in the head of the epididymis. Histologically, the lesion showed intense granular eosinophilic transformation of the cytoplasm. The finding was assessed as eosinophilic metaplasia (EM) and showed association with and deposition of lipofuscin pigment. The EM in the epididymis presents a sign of intracytoplasmic lysosomal accumulation, which serves as a microscopic indicator of ductal obstruction. The presented unique finding was compared with the data reported in the literature. In this case report, we describe an extremely rare metaplastic lesion in the epididymis.
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spelling pubmed-100190012023-03-17 Eosinophilic Metaplasia in the Epididymis in Association With Lipofuscin Pigment: A Case Report Gerakova, Elena I Cureus Pathology We present the case of a 54-year-old man with a cystic formation measuring 0.6 cm in the head of the epididymis. Histologically, the lesion showed intense granular eosinophilic transformation of the cytoplasm. The finding was assessed as eosinophilic metaplasia (EM) and showed association with and deposition of lipofuscin pigment. The EM in the epididymis presents a sign of intracytoplasmic lysosomal accumulation, which serves as a microscopic indicator of ductal obstruction. The presented unique finding was compared with the data reported in the literature. In this case report, we describe an extremely rare metaplastic lesion in the epididymis. Cureus 2023-02-14 /pmc/articles/PMC10019001/ /pubmed/36938218 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.34961 Text en Copyright © 2023, Gerakova et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Eosinophilic Metaplasia in the Epididymis in Association With Lipofuscin Pigment: A Case Report
title Eosinophilic Metaplasia in the Epididymis in Association With Lipofuscin Pigment: A Case Report
title_full Eosinophilic Metaplasia in the Epididymis in Association With Lipofuscin Pigment: A Case Report
title_fullStr Eosinophilic Metaplasia in the Epididymis in Association With Lipofuscin Pigment: A Case Report
title_full_unstemmed Eosinophilic Metaplasia in the Epididymis in Association With Lipofuscin Pigment: A Case Report
title_short Eosinophilic Metaplasia in the Epididymis in Association With Lipofuscin Pigment: A Case Report
title_sort eosinophilic metaplasia in the epididymis in association with lipofuscin pigment: a case report
topic Pathology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10019001/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36938218
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.34961
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