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Abstract

Two hundred and fifty-eight appendices testes w ere obtained from 143 autopsies of each decade from the still-born to the aged of 83. They were examined with following re s ults. 1) Most of appendices testes and e pididymes were pedunculated and high incidence of their torsion was observed. 2) Glandular s tructure of cystic formation in the appendages were frequently observed. They seemed to have arisen from lacunar depression of lining epithelium, vestigial structure, or communication with the seminal passage. 3) Spermatocele of vestigial o r igin was regarded to be a result of cystic change developed in the testicular appendages. 4) In the globus m ajor of the epididymis serous cyst is occasionally observed without any communication with the seminal tract. Differential diagnosis is, however, not always easily made from spermatocele.