| True duplication of the vas deferens: a case report and review of literature. | |
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PMID: 21822600 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher |
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BACKGROUND: Duplication of the vas deferens is the identification of a second vas deferens within the spermatic cord; it is a rarely reported congenital anomaly. Duplicate vas deferens should not be confused with double vas deferens that describes ipsilateral renal agenesis with a blind ureter ending in the ejaculatory system. DATA SOURCES: We present a case of duplicated vas deferens, and a PubMed Medline (National Library of Medicine) search was performed using the terms "[duplicated OR double]" and "vas deferens". Nineteen papers for a total of twenty-two cases (including ours) were identified. CONCLUSIONS: Duplication of vas deferens is a rare finding; it is likely under-reported and underrecognized. Failure to recognize this variation can result in injury to the vas deferens or an ineffective vasectomy. Following identification of a suspected duplicated vas deferens, the structure should be tracked from the internal ring down to the epididymis and intra-operative Doppler should be performed. Post-operatively, renal and bladder imaging can be considered though there have been no reported cases of non-testicular genito-urinary anomalies associated with duplicated vas deferens. |
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Mike K Liang; Anuradha Subramanian; John Weedin; Donald P Griffith; Samir S Awad |
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Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE Date: 2011-8-6 |
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Title: International urology and nephrology Volume: - ISSN: 1573-2584 ISO Abbreviation: - Publication Date: 2011 Aug |
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Created Date: 2011-8-8 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 0262521 Medline TA: Int Urol Nephrol Country: - |
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Languages: ENG Pagination: - Citation Subset: - |
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Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, Michael E. DeBakey VAMC, Baylor College of Medicine, 2002 Holcombe Blvd, OCL (112), Houston, TX, 77030, USA, ml3@bcm.edu. |
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