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. 1979 Jun;32(6):616–624. doi: 10.1136/jcp.32.6.616

Female adnexal tumour of probable Wolffian origin.

Y Sivathondan, R Salm, P E Hughesdon, J M Faccini
PMCID: PMC1145747  PMID: 469017

Abstract

Two further cases of 'female adnexal tumour of probable Wolffian origin' are described Both were retroperitoneal and presented a unique histology of uniformly close-packed bland spaces. solid islands, cords, and diffuse areas. A small hamartoma in a female fetus, part of which resembled the tumours, was traced to an area of near apposition with some paroophoron canals, providing further evidence of a Wolffian origin. The literature of this and some other putative Wolffian tumours is briefly reviewed, and the relation to rete adenomas is discussed.

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