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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Roos AM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3871573 | biostudies-literature | 2013
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
PloS one 20131223 12
The spermatic ducts (vasa deferentia) of 235 otters (Lutra lutra) found dead between 1999 and 2012 in Sweden were examined for presence of paraductular cysts. Single or multiple elongated uni- or bilateral cysts parallel to the spermatic duct were noted in 72% of the examined males. The cysts were adjacent to, but did not communicate with the lumen of the spermatic duct, and were usually located within a few centimeters of the testis and epididymis. The cysts are proposed to be congenital Müller ...[more]