Ejaculatory System Cysts: A Case Report
Abstract
Introduction
Male pelvic floor cysts are a rare clinical entity that include: Wolffian duct remnants, Müllerian duct remnants, cysts of the seminal vesicles, prostate and ejaculatory duct/vas deferens cysts.
Case Report
We report the clinical case of a 21-year-old male patient with a history of previous surgery in childhood and more precisely: partial colectomy for congenital megacolon, removal of dysplastic right kidney and subsequent surgical adhesiolysis for bowel obstruction.
At 17, the patient was submitted to MRI for groin pain with an incidental finding of a cystic mass at the level of the right seminal vesicle. Consequently, a TUR-ED was performed at another urology unit, for a suspected seminal vesicle ectasia, without resolution of pain symptoms. The patient was referred to us for persistent genitourinary infections, ejaculation disorder and episodes of gross hematuria. An additional MRI confirmed the presence of a cystic mass of 5,5 cm with a suspected opening into prostatic urethra. Urethrocystoscopy and urethrocystography retrograde confirmed this anatomical communication. For the persistence of the symptoms we performed retropubic surgical exeresis of the mass, with a histopathological finding of benign cyst of the vas deferens.
Two major postoperative complications were reported: a pelvic hematoma that required surgical exploration and a urinary extravasation at the level of prostatic urethra, which resolved with prolonged urethral catheterization.
Conclusions
Male pelvic floor cysts are a rare disease with a complex clinical and therapeutic management. A correct diagnosis is based on clinical signs and symptoms together with imaging studies of the pelvic region. The high risk of erectile dysfunction and ejaculatory disorders correlated to a surgical approach, recommend a treatment of these lesions only for symptomatic cases.
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