Tubular ectasia of rete testes

[David Fetzer]

Has anyone actually studied the correlation between tubular ectasia and cause? We tell the residents that it can be due to prior vasectomy, inguinal hernia repair prostate surgery/radiation, or prior infection, but I don’t actually know if any of those associations have been proven/published!

[Maitray D. Patel]

Does it matter? 

[David Fetzer]

No, but that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t be curious.

Also, I was asked to test the new forum, so I’m testing it out. Seems to be working. I received an email notification.

[Maitray D. Patel]

I’m not sure I would always ascribe the observation to some pathologic cause. I think it can just be a normal variant of sorts. It’s clearly associated with spermatoceles (that’s been published) and we don’t think of spermatoceles being “caused” by anything (at least I don’t).

• This reply was modified 1 year, 3 months ago by Maitray D. Patel.

[mazzarellilouis]

Great to be here. Think more often of what it’s not that how it got there so appreciate the discussion though have seen it a patient or 2 on chronic dialysis where calcium oxalate deposition is thought to be the culprit.

 

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