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Query: UNIPROT:P56851 (epididymal)
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A simple technique for local chemical sympathectomy of peripheral tissues is described using guanethidine. Multiple microinjections of guanethidine were made into inguinal or epididymal white adipose tissue (IWAT and EWAT) pads or spleens of hamsters. Guanethidine virtually abolished the sympathetic innervation of both EWAT and IWAT, as measured by the absence of significant norepinephrine (NE) tissue content two weeks later and as suggested by the two-fold increase in IWAT mass characteristic of surgically induced WAT denervation. These measures were not affected in the contralateral pads given equivolumetric injections of saline. Guanethidine injections into the spleen lead to a functional sympathectomy, as indicated by significant depletions of NE content. Because guanethidine treatment did not decrease body mass, induce ptosis, or spread to closely associated adjacent tissue (contralateral EWAT pad), no chemical-induced malaise or global sympathetic denervation was suggested. Guanethidine was more effective than two other local sympathectomy treatments, injections of the sympathetic neurotoxin anti-dopamine-beta-hydroxylase saporin or surgical denervation, in decreasing IWAT NE content and increasing IWAT pad mass. Collectively, these results suggest that locally applied, chemical sympathectomy with guanethidine provides an effective, restricted method for sympathectomizing WAT, spleen and likely other peripheral tissues.
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PMID:Novel method for localized, functional sympathetic nervous system denervation of peripheral tissue using guanethidine. 1164 Sep 54

Spermatic granuloma is a granulomatous lesion that presents clinically as a nodular lesion in the region of epididymis. There are only few documented cases of spermatic granuloma in the literature. Fine needle aspiration (FNA) reveals mixed inflammatory cells comprising of plenty of macrophages along with lymphocytes and scattered polymorphs in a fluidy background containing many spermatozoa and sperm heads. Sperm heads are also noted within macrophages. Ill formed to well-formed granulomas were seen in all the cases. FNA has an important role in the differential diagnosis of epididymal nodule as it can rule out malignancy and other benign cytological diagnosis like tuberculosis, acute and chronic epididymo-orchitis. Distinction of spermatic granulomas from the more common tuberculous granulomatous infection is important from the cytopathologist's point of view. By providing an accurate and rapid diagnosis, FNA prevents aggressive and potentially inappropriate surgical procedures.
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PMID:Spermatic granuloma presenting as an epididymal nodule: fine needle aspiration cytological findings and differential diagnosis. 1629 78