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A surgical technique was developed to collect testicular fluid from the extratesticular rete testis of the pony stallion. A cannula was inserted through an incision in the visceral vaginal tunic following ligation of the efferent ductules. The cannula was sutured in place in the extratesticular rete testis. The other end of the cannula was exteriorized and inserted into a plastic collection receptacle fastened to the scrotum. Testicular fluid was collected for 12 to 36 hours at a rate of 1.07 ± 0.8 ml/hr. Sperm clots in the proximal end of the cannulas were responsible for the cessation of drainage.  相似文献   

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A 9-year-old intact male alpaca (Lama pacos) was examined because of marked enlargement of the left scrotum. Ultrasound examination revealed a thin-walled anechoic structure in the area of the left testis. Aspirated fluid contained spermatozoa, many of which had abnormal morphology. Castration was performed and the left testis was markedly enlarged with a clear fluid-filled cyst. The cyst was lined by a single layer of squamous to cuboidal epithelial cells consistent with those originating from rete testis. The right testis was of a comparable size and shape to that of normal alpaca testis, but the rete testis was mildly to moderately dilated. Additional findings included chronic inflammation of the right testis and epididymis and epididymal fibrosis with ductal hyperplasia on the left. The diagnosis was bilateral cystic rete testis, most likely secondary to chronic inflammation.  相似文献   

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The use of the scanning electron microscope gave a three dimensional representation of the epithelial surface. Additionally, light microscopy revealed the representative structure of the epithelium. The rete testis showed a single layer of cubic epithelial cells. Short and dense microvilli were found on the surface. Sporadically a single, cilia-like structure was recognized. An extratesticular rete testis was identified. The flowing transition of the epithelium between the rete testis and the efferent ductuli occurred at different levels, so that both kinds of epithelial structures were recognized in the same area. The efferent ductuli were composed of a single columnar epithelium consisting of two cell types, principal cells and ciliated cells. The ciliated cells were recognized by their cilia protruding into the lumen. The principal cells showed microvilli on their surface and bleblike apical protrusions which erupt into the lumen.  相似文献   

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The rete testis (RT) in the cat comprises three distinct and sequential parts: septal or adlobular; mediastinal and tunical parts. This last part is followed by the small extratesticular rete testis. The whole of the RT tubules and/or channels is lined by single low columnar and/or cuboidal epithelium with ultrastructural peculiarities of secretory and absorptive functions. The Golgi apparatus polarity (cis-trans surfaces), its relation with the long profiles of the ER, mainly with the rough ER, and presence of apical uncoated electrondense granules are suggestive of active release of macromolecules, probably glycoproteins. The absorptive function is proposed through the observation of a conspicuous microvacuolar-vesicular apical complex in epithelial cells. Moreover spermatozoa phagocytosis is also noticed, mainly in the septal part of the RT.  相似文献   

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In this study, the epididymal region of the Sudani duck was investigated using histological and lectin histochemical methods. Morphologically, the epididymal region of the Sudani duck is composed of extratesticular rete testis, proximal and distal efferent ductules, a short connecting duct, and epididymal ducts. Morphometric analysis of the epididymal region of Sudani duck revealed that the efferent ductules predominate in relation to the epididymal ducts. The distribution of sugar moieties within the epididymal region of the Sudani duck was investigated using ten different fluorescein isothiocyanate (FITC) conjugated lectins. In the rete testis epithelium, only PHA-L showed a positive reaction. Efferent ductules in contrary exhibited a wide range of lectin affinity whereas six positive lectins (Con A, LCA, PNA, WGA, PHA-L, PHA-E) were observed. In the connecting and epididymal ducts, four lectins (Con A, WGA, PHA-L, PHA-E) were also detected. GSA-I, UEA-I, and LTA were at all not evident in the epididymal region of the Sudani duck. In conclusion, the correlation between the large areas of the epididymal region occupied by the efferent ductules and the wide range of sugar affinity of this portion may confirm the speculation that efferent ductules might be the primary site of fluid reabsorption in the epididymal region of Sudani duck.  相似文献   

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The feline urogenital junction is situated between the extratesticular rete and the spacious initial segments of the efferent ductules. The rete epithelium is cuboidal to low columnar. The rete cells forming the junction rest on a wavy basal lamina, display deep mutual invaginations, possess central nuclei with several infoldings and form a distinct border with the columnar epithelial cells of the initial segments of the ductuli efferentes. The epithelium of the initial segments is composed of ciliated cells and non-ciliated principal cells. The latter are the dominating type and characterized by an apical brush-border and a supranuclear endocytotic apparatus. The stroma of the extratesticular rete contains an abundance of collagen whereas contractile cells are here generally absent. In contrast, the initial segments of the efferent ductules are surrounded by elastic fibres and a layer of contractile cells. All nerves for the feline urogenital junction come from the nervus spermaticus superior. In the epididymal head, small nerve bundles deviate into the septa between the ductules. Single fibres establish a dense network within the muscular coat of the ductuli. At the transition to the extratesticular rete, this network ends abruptly. Nerve fibres in the confines of the rete are associated with blood vessels or proceed to the testicular interior, but establish no relationships with the rete epithelium or the myofibroblasts of the mediastinum. The nervous network in the walls of the efferent ductules and their initial segments is not only composed of sympathetic but also parasympathetic, non-myelinated fibres. Particularly noteworthy is the abundance of calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP)- and substance P (SP)-containing axons around the initial segments. Both neuroproteins are consistent markers for sensory neurones. Taken together, it can be assumed that the entry of seminal fluid and spermatozoa into the efferent ductules is controlled by a regulatory nervous chain provided with afferent and efferent components.  相似文献   

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The early development of the gonads, and the ontogenesis of the rete testis and tubuli seminiferi recti in the chicken (Gallus domesticus) The primordium of the gonads can be discerned in the 4-day chick embryo by the elevation of the celomic epithelium to form germinal epithelium, and by the arrival of the primordial germ cells. Already in the 4½ day chick embryo there appears on the left side of the body, as a result of the first proliferation of the germinal epithelium, a subepithelial mesenchymelike cell conglomeration, which has been erroneously labelled in the literature a “urogenital union”. In contrast to the opinion expressed in the literature such a union does not appear until the 10th day, when the mesenchymal cells change to forerunners of rete cells which after hatching differentiate into rete-epithelial cells. The rete testis consists of intra and extratesticular transverse cisterns and of an intercalated and partically subdivided longitudinal cistern. The tubuli seminiferi contori end on the intracapsular lingitudinal cisterns either directly, or indirectly by intercalated tubuli siminiferi recti or intratesticular transverse cisterns.  相似文献   

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A 14- x 12- x 6-cm (approximately 600 g) cryptorchid testis was surgically removed with the omentum from the posterior portion of the abdominal cavity of a 2-year-old male American Shorthair cat. At the time of a previous orchiectomy, a unilateral testis had been discovered in the scrotum. The cut surface of the cryptorchid testis consisted of solid areas with many cysts containing fluid and spongy soft areas. Histologically, the cryptorchid testis was composed of neuroectodermal components and diffuse immature glial tissues, cystic, tubular, and papillary epithelial tissues, and immature cartilaginous tissues. A metastatic mass in the omentum had histologic structures similar to those of the cryptorchid testis. The present case was diagnosed as teratoma in a feline unilateral cryptorchid testis.  相似文献   

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Benign and malignant epithelial tumors of the rete testis in mice   总被引:2,自引:0,他引:2  
Two papillary cystadenomas and one papillary cystadenocarcinoma in the rete testis were found in two of 500 very old male JCL:ICR mice; the hosts had no other tumors. One mouse had bilateral cystic tumors. A 5 x 3 x 3 mm papillary cystadenoma was observed in the rete of the right testis. A 7 x 3 x 3 mm tumor with a mixed pattern of papillary cystadenocarcinoma and papillotubular adenocarcinoma was found in the rete of the left testis; the latter extended from the mediastinum to the ductuli efferents and the caput epididymis. The other mouse had a 9 x 5 x 5 mm papillary cystadenoma of borderline malignancy in the rete of the right testis. The mice had no clinical signs.  相似文献   

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A 3-year-old Gypsy Vanner colt was presented at the Auburn University College of Veterinary Medicine for castration. The left testicle of the horse was present within the scrotum, but neither the right testicle nor the epididymis was found during external palpation of the right inguinal ring. Removal of the retained testicle by a routine inguinal approach by traction on the gubernaculum and dilation of the internal inguinal ring was not possible. During a parainguinal approach to the abdomen, an enlarged cystic testicle was discovered. Histopathologic diagnosis was cystic rete testis. This case report stresses the importance of preoperative ultrasonographic assessment of cryptorchid testicles to decrease surgical time.  相似文献   

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Junctional complexes of the epithelia lining the rete testis, efferent ductules, connecting ductules and epididymal duct in the fowl were examined by transmission electron microscopy and by a tracer method using lanthanum nitrate. The junctional complexes were composed of tight junctions, adhering junctions and desmosomes. In the rete testis, one or two points of membrane fusion were observed at the tight junctions. In the efferent and connecting ductules and epididymal duct, the tight junctions consisted of a series of punctate membrane fusions. The adhering junctions and desmosomes showed no remarkable structural differences among these excurrent ducts. Vascularly infused lanthanum nitrate penetrated into the tight junctions of individual epithelia for variable distances, but was prevented from entering the lumen at the site of membrane fusion. These results suggest that the tight junctions can restrict the diffusion of materials via the paracellular route, and that they play an important role in maintaining a suitable fluid environment within the excurrent ducts.  相似文献   

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Primary neoplasms derived from testicular tissue and in an extratesticular location are extremely rare. Clinical and surgical information was collected and verified from 15 different submitting practices for 12 dogs and 5 cats that spontaneously developed neoplasms of testicular origin after castration. Eleven dogs had Sertoli cell tumors in an extratesticular location. One dog and all 5 cats had an extratesticular interstitial cell tumor. Six animals (1 dog, 5 cats) had developed secondary sexual characteristics that reversed after removal of the tumor. All had a palpable mass in the scrotum or at the site of the original prescrotal incision. No animals died of neoplasia-related disease and no metastases were identified. Several possibilities, including the presence of embryological ectopic tissue or the presence of testicular tissue transplanted during castration, are considered as causal.  相似文献   

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(1) Immunohistochemical methods and three antibodies (against actin, desmin and smooth muscle actin) were used to demonstrate the myoid cells in the domestic fowl testis and its excurrent ducts. (2) A positive reaction to actin, smooth muscle actin and desmin was found in the myoid cells of peritubular tissue of the testis and in rete testis, ductuli efferentes and ductus epididymidis. (3) In the testis myoid-reactive cells form a single layer. In the rete testis, ductuli efferentes and the ductus epididymidis reactive myoid cells form a main component of the stroma. (4) Positive reaction to actin, smooth muscle actin and desmin was also observed in the myoid cells of the tunica albuginea and in the wall of blood vessels in the testis and epididymis, indicating a contractile function for the testicular capsule.  相似文献   

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A testicular prosthesis was removed from the scrotum of a 3-year-old Quarter Horse stallion. The prosthesis had been placed in the left side of the scrotum 10 months earlier, after an unsuccessful attempt to reposition the retained left testis. Because of a persistent draining fistula on the scrotum, first noted 5 months after placement of the prosthesis, surgery was performed to remove the prosthesis. At surgery, the left testis was found in a fibrous mass surrounding the prosthesis. The left testis had descended after placement of the prosthesis, and its involvement in the fibrous tissue surrounding the infected prosthesis necessitated its removal. Had the prosthesis not been placed, descent of the left testis probably would have resulted in an essentially normal stallion.  相似文献   

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This project was designed to develop a standardized cannulation technique which would allow repeated jejunal mucosal biopsy. Three intestinal cannulas of various designs were evaluated in a total of 25 neonatal calves. Cannula A, a T-design made of acrylic plastic, was implanted into the jejunum (2) or duodenum (7). Cannula A did not allow proper directional passage of the biopsy instrument. Peritonitis was diagnosed at necropsy in 4 calves. Cannula B, a modification of A with an angled port to facilitate the directional passage of the biopsy instrument, also proved unsatisfactory. This cannula required a larger enterotomy for placement and resulted in the death of 1 calf. Cannula C was made of tygon tubing with a proxplast mesh flange which was sutured to the serosal surface of the intestine. No intestinal leakage was observed in 14 calves fitted with this cannula. This cannula was the least expensive and allowed the biopsy instrument to be easily directed. Surgical implantation of this cannula (C) in the descending duodenum proved to be an excellent method to obtain successive mucosal biopsies of the jejunum in the neonatal calf.  相似文献   

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An 18-month-old Angus bull presented to Auburn University College of Veterinary Medicine for a routine breeding soundness evaluation and lameness evaluation. He was classified as deferred potential breeder due to a lameness and was donated to the university. Following treatment, the bull's lameness resolved. He passed the breeding soundness examination in accordance with the Society for Theriogenology standards. However, avascular dilated areas at the level of the mediastinum testis of the right testicle were detected via Doppler ultrasonography. A high level of vascularity is routinely seen with neoplasia, such as teratomas. Due to the lack of vascularity, a presumptive diagnosis of tubular ectasia of the rete testis was made. The bull was castrated. The right testicle was submitted for histopathology revealing a definitive diagnosis of tubular ectasia of the rete testis.  相似文献   

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The aim of the study was to answer the open questions concerning the development of the horse's testis. This study revealed that the seminiferous tubules originate from the sex cords of the coelomic epithelium and Leydig cells from the proximal part of mesonephric nephrones, whereas the rete and the ductuli efferentes derive from intermediate and distal parts of the mesonephric tubules. During the development the Leydig cells undergo an enormous proliferation due to the PMSG secretion in the mare. The proliferation of these cells prevent the deep penetration of the rete into the medulla and is therefore the reason for the reduced extension of the rete and mediastinum testis in the stallion, although 80% of these cells degenerate in the last third of pregnancy. The growth of the seminiferous tubules during sexual maturity reduces the rete to the extremitas capitata of the testis.  相似文献   

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Unilateral cryptorchidism and Sertoli cell tumor in the descended testis were provisionally diagnosed by use of ultrasonography in a 7-year-old Keeshond. The left testis was thought to have degenerated, but ultrasonography of the scrotum did not reveal evidence of testicular or epididymal tissue. The contralateral testis contained a hypoechoic mass believed to be a testicular tumor. Surgery and histopathologic findings confirmed the diagnosis. Ultrasonography of the scrotum and its contents should be considered for use in animals with suspected testicular neoplasia and/or degeneration.  相似文献   

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Studies in horses with experimental gastrointestinal fistulas may lead to rapid advancements in equine nutrition, as well as prevention and treatment of diseases such as colic and laminitis. The aim of this study was to devise a technique and a cannula to create a large fistula in the right dorsal colon (RDC). A total of 13 horses with normal gastrointestinal tract were used. After the administration of sedatives and local anesthetics, a segment of the right 16th rib was removed, a circular defect was created in the muscular wall, and the RDC was sutured to the muscular wall. The subcutaneous tissue and skin were closed over the attached RDC in eight horses (closed technique), or removed to expose the serosa of the colon sutured to the abdominal wall in five horses (open technique). A full thickness circular incision was made 2 to 6 weeks later to create a fistula. A cannula (diameter, 5 cm) made of natural rubber or silicon was inserted in the fistula. The open surgical technique was easier to perform and resulted in fewer complications. The cannula made of silicon resulted in less pruritus. One horse had a large colon torsion around the colopexy before fistula creation. One of the 12 fistulated horses had a large colon displacement 43 days after cannula insertion. These observations suggest that pexis of the RDC may predispose the horse to large colon displacement or volvulus. The open technique for the colopexy and the cannula made of silicon can be used for creation of a RDC fistula.  相似文献   

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