"Wolffian Ducts" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A pair of excretory ducts of the middle kidneys (MESONEPHROI) of an embryo, also called mesonephric ducts. In higher vertebrates, Wolffian ducts persist in the male forming VAS DEFERENS, but atrophy into vestigial structures in the female.
| Descriptor ID |
D014928
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A16.935
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| Concept/Terms |
Wolffian Ducts- Wolffian Ducts
- Ducts, Wolffian
- Mesonephric Ducts
- Duct, Mesonephric
- Ducts, Mesonephric
- Mesonephric Duct
- Wolffian Duct
- Duct, Wolffian
Gartner Ducts- Gartner Ducts
- Ducts, Gartner
- Gartner's Ducts
- Ducts, Gartner's
- Gartners Ducts
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| 1995 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Wolffian Ducts" by people in Profiles.
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The complex and often confusing history, histology and histogenesis of mesonephric, STK11 adnexal tumour and mesonephric-like neoplasms of the upper female genital tract (including broad ligament). Histopathology. 2022 Sep; 81(3):280-296.
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Mesonephric (Wolffian-derived) Adenocarcinoma of the Female Urethra. Am J Surg Pathol. 2021 04 01; 45(4):543-549.
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Wolffian duct derivative anomalies: technical considerations when encountered during robot-assisted radical prostatectomy. Can J Urol. 2009 Apr; 16(2):4601-6.
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Female adnexal tumour of probable Wolffian origin: a clinicopathological and immunohistochemical study of three cases. Histopathology. 1995 Jan; 26(1):69-74.
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Female adnexal tumor of probable Wolffian origin: evidence of a low grade malignancy. Cancer. 1976 May; 37(5):2349-54.