Case Report

An Unusual Case of Ureteral Ectopia in the Seminal Vesicle: Diagnosis and Surgical Management
Jon Jones, Stefan E. Dahms, Jan Fichtner, Markus Hohenfellner, Joachim W. Thüroff

Department of Urology and Pediatric Urology, Mainz Medical School, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany

Address of Corresponding Author

Urol Int 1999;62:130-132 (DOI: 10.1159/000030360)

  Key Words

• Embryology
• Ureteral ectopia
• Seminal vesicle

  Abstract

We report the case of a young man who presented with numerous episodes of ipsilateral epididymitis. Selected imaging studies with consideration of urogenital embryology lead to the rare diagnosis of a dysplastic kidney with ureteral ectopia in the seminal vesicle. After nephroureterectomy and vesiculectomy, convalescence was uneventful. No specific symptoms, equivocal diagnostic findings and the small number of patients limit the surgical experience in diseases of the seminal vesicle. Suprainguinal extravesical extirpation, however, appears to be an excellent operative approach in cases of unilateral seminal vesicle cysts.

  Author Contacts

Dr. med. Jon Jones
Department of Urology and Pediatric Urology
Johannes Gutenberg University, Langenbeckstrasse 1
D-55131 Mainz (Germany)
Tel. +41 6131 17 1, Fax +41 6131 230462, E-Mail JonJonesDr@aol.com

  Article Information

Received: Received: December 2, 1998
Accepted: January 28, 1999
Number of Print Pages : 3
Number of Figures : 3, Number of Tables : 0, Number of References : 13