Gerakova Elena I
Department of General and Clinical Pathology, Forensic Medicine and Deontology, Medical University of Plovdiv, Plovdiv, BGR.
Cureus. 2023 Feb 14;15(2):e34961. doi: 10.7759/cureus.34961. eCollection 2023 Feb.
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.
我们报告一例54岁男性,其附睾头部有一个大小为0.6厘米的囊性结构。组织学上,该病变显示细胞质有强烈的颗粒状嗜酸性转化。这一发现被评估为嗜酸性化生(EM),并显示与脂褐素色素有关联及沉积。附睾中的EM表现为细胞质内溶酶体积累的迹象,这是导管阻塞的微观指标。我们将这一独特发现与文献报道的数据进行了比较。在本病例报告中,我们描述了附睾中一种极其罕见的化生病变。