No abstract available.
Seminal Vesicles*

When surgical treatment for symptomatic seminal vesicle cyst is deemed necessary, conventional surgery is invasive because of the deep location and dissection difficulty of the seminal vesicles in the retrovesical space. Recently, the laparoscopic approach has been advocated as an optimal yet minimally invasive technique for the surgical treatment of seminal vesicle pathology. It provides a good image and easy approach to the seminal vesicles. We report a case of a symptomatic giant cyst of the left seminal vesicle that is associated with ipsilateral renal agenesis, which was treated by transperitoneal laparoscopic excision.
Laparoscopy ; Pathology ; Seminal Vesicles*

No abstract available.
Seminal Vesicles* ; Ureter*

Seminal vesicle cysts associated with ipsilateral renal agenesis are very rare, with most being congenital, and two-thirds associated with renal dysplasia or agenesis and ectopic ureter opening into the seminal vesicle. When they are symptomatic, surgical excision has been the treatment of choice. Herein, a case of a symptomatic giant seminal vesicle cyst associated with ipsilateral renal agenesis is reported, which was treated by laparoscopic excision.
Laparoscopy ; Seminal Vesicles* ; Ureter

Seminal vesicle cysts combined with ipsilateral renal agenesis represent a rare urologic anomaly. This urogenital malformation is explained as a developmental failure in the same mesodermal region. We report a case of seminal vesicle cyst, ipsilateral dilated ureter and renal agenesis which was treated by surgical excision. And we searched the literature to review the clinical presentation, diagnosis and treatment options of this anomaly.
Diagnosis ; Mesoderm ; Seminal Vesicles* ; Ureter*

No abstract available.
Carcinoma, Squamous Cell* ; Seminal Vesicles*

Stones in the seminal vesicle are extremely rare. We report a case with a large stone in a dilated seminal vesicle. A 20-year-old man presented with a large calcified density in the pelvic cavity on plain films. A 6.0 cm cone shaped stone was noted in the dilated left seminal vesicle diagnosed by radiological examination. We treated the patient by transperitoneal laparoscopic stone removal and partial seminal vesiculectomy. The composition of stone was carbonate apatite. This approach to the treatment of such pathological conditions of the seminal vesicles provides an additional option.
Apatites ; Carbon ; Humans ; Seminal Vesicles ; Young Adult

We report a case of huge seminal vesicle cyst associated with ipsilateral renal agenesis in a 49-year-old man with frequency, urethral discomfort with a full bladder, and tenesmus as complaints.
Humans ; Middle Aged ; Seminal Vesicles* ; Urinary Bladder

Ejaculatory Ducts ; Hemospermia ; Humans ; Male ; Seminal Vesicles

OBJECTIVESTo deepen the understanding of patients with seminal vesicle cyst for correct diagnosis and treatment.

METHODSSixteen patients with seminal vesicle cysts were treated in the period of January 1980-May 2002. Their symptoms, diagnostic results, treatment and outcomes were analyzed retrospectively. The mean age of these patients at diagnosis was 31 years (range 19 - 43). Two patients were associated with ipsilateral renal agenesis. Symptoms included hematospermia in 12 (75%) patients, urinary frequency in 8 (50%), hematuria after ejaculation in 6 (27.5%), perineal malaise in 6 (27.5%), infertility in 3 (13.7%), pain after ejaculation in 3 (13.7%), scrotal pain in 2 (12.5%) and dysuria in 1 (6.3%). Cyst was palpable in 81.3% patients on digital rectal examination. All patients underwent intravenous urography and cystoscopy. Others received ultrasonography, CT scanning, MRI, and vasovesiculography. The size of masses ranged from 3.8 cm x 3.0 cm x 2.6 cm to 9.6 cm x 5.2 cm x 5.0 cm. Final open surgery consisted of vesiculectomy (4 patients) and partial vesiculectomy (12).

RESULTSPostoperative course was uneventful except in 1 patient with epididymitis. All patients were free of symptoms after open surgery.

CONCLUSIONSSeminal vesicle cysts are rare but should be considered in men with hematospermia and otherwise inexplicable bladder irritation symptoms, perineal discomfort or other genitourinary complaints of unknown etiology. Diagnosis consists of digital rectal examination, transrectal and abdominal ultrasonography, CT scan or MRI. Vesiculectomy and partial vesiculectomy give excellent results.