Role of fine needle aspiration cytology in nonneoplastic testicular and scrotal lesions and male infertility.

Objective: To study the role of fine needle aspiration (FNA) in male infertility and in nonneoplastic lesions of the testis and scrotum.

Study Design: In a retrospective study over a 5-year period, 164 cases of FNA of testicular and scrotal nonneoplastic lesions were retrieved. Aspiration was performed with a 23-gauge needle on a 20-mL syringe.

Hepatobiliary cystadenoma with mesenchymal stroma--a case report.

Hepatobiliary cystadenoma with mesenchymal stroma (HCMS) is a rare lesion characterized by multiloculated cyst lined by columnar epithelium ad mesenchymal stroma. It occurs exclusively in females and is intrahepatic in location with only 17% cases arising in extrahepatic biliary tree. Exact histogenesis is not known, but it is hypothesized the HCMS arises from ectopic embryonic tissue destined to form the adult gall bladder.

Granulomatous prostatitis--an infrequent diagnosis.

Background: Granulomatous prostatitis is an unusual benign inflammatory process of the prostate. Clinically, it mimics prostatic carcinoma, thus requiring pathological examination for diagnosis.

Materials And Methods: Histopathological records of 1353 prostate specimens received in the Department of Pathology, Government Medical College, Chandigarh, India, over a period of 8 years (1995-2002) were reviewed and 20 cases of granulomatous prostatitis were retrieved.

Adenocarcinoma in horseshoe kidney.

An adenocarcinoma arising in a horseshoe kidney (HK) is rare. The case of a forty five-year-old male patient, presenting with a recurrent, painless hematuria, is reported. On investigation the patient was found to have a horseshoe kidney, with an adenocarcinoma in the left hemi-kidney, which was treated surgically, with a hemi-nephrectomy, of the involved part, being performed to excise the tumor.

Squamous cell carcinoma of the prostate.

Squamous cell carcinoma of the prostate is rare, accounting for 0.5-1% of all prostatic cancers. It is highly aggressive and responds poorly to any mode of therapy.