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Seminal Vesicle, Normal Histology

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Uropathology

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Synonyms

Seminal glands; Vesicular glands

Anatomy

Seminal vesicles are a pair of glands located below the bladder, lateral to the vas deferens, and in connection with the base of the prostate (Tjionas et al. 2015).

Function

Seminal vesicles release up to 60% of the fluid found in semen. The other 40% is produced by the prostate and bulbourethral glands.

Size

The normal seminal vesicle measures 3.0 cm ± 0.8 in length and 1.5 cm ± 0.4 in diameter.

Macroscopy

Seminal vesicles are a pair of glands located below the bladder and in connection with the base of the prostate. The vesicles are blind pouches and are rounded on their most superior aspects and taper to their inferior aspects (Fig. 1).

Seminal Vesicle, Normal Histology, Fig. 1
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Whole amount section of prostate and seminal vesicles

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References and Further Reading

  • Mills, S. E. (2012). Histology for pathologists (4th ed.). Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.

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  • Shah, R., Lee, M., Giraldo, A., et al. (2001). Histologic and histochemical characterization of seminal vesicle intraluminal secretions. Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, 125, 141–145.

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  • Tjionas, G. A., Epstein, J. I., Williamson, S. R., Diaz, M., Menon, M., Peabody, J. O., Gupta, N. S., Parekh, D. J., Cote, R. J., Jorda, M., & Kryvenko, O. N. (2015). Average weight of seminal vesicles: An adjustment factor for radical prostatectomy specimens weighed with seminal vesicles. Internation Journal of Surgical Pathology, 23(8), 617–622.

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  1. Institute of Pathological Anatomy and Histopathology, Polytechnic University of the Marche Region (Ancona), United Hospitals Ancona, Ancona, Italy

    Alessia Cimadamore & Rodolfo Montironi

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  1. Alessia Cimadamore
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Correspondence to Rodolfo Montironi .

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  1. Histopathology and Molecular Diagnostics, University Hospital Careggi, Florence, Italy

    Maria Rosaria Raspollini

  2. Pathology Service, Champalimaud Clinical Center, Lisbon, Portugal

    Antonio Lopez-Beltran

  3. Unit of Anatomic Pathology, Department of Surgery, Cordoba University Medical School, Cordoba, Spain

    Antonio Lopez-Beltran

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Cimadamore, A., Montironi, R. (2020). Seminal Vesicle, Normal Histology. In: Raspollini, M.R., Lopez-Beltran, A. (eds) Uropathology. Encyclopedia of Pathology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-41894-6_4938

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