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Microscopic Cyst Resection for the Treatment of Patients Diagnosed with Epididymal Cyst
Published on: March 31, 2023
[Seminal vesicle cyst with ipsilateral renal agenesis]
Frederik Severin Gråe Harbo1, Lisbet Brønsro Larsen
1Radiologisk Afdeling, Odense Universitetshospital, Sdr. Boulevard 29, 5000 Odense C. frederik.harbo@gmail.com.
Abstract:
A formerly healthy 41-year-old male with monosymptomatic swelling of his left testicle was diagnosed with testicular cancer (seminoma). During staging of the cancer a computed tomography showed left renal agenesis and an 8 x 6 cm retrovesical space-occupying lesion in the left side of the pelvis. The lesion was interpreted as a group of enlarged lymph nodes, but PET/CT and MRI later demonstrated that it was a left seminal vesicle cyst. An association between congenital seminal vesicle cysts and ipsilateral renal agenesis is rare and can be explained by their common embryologic origin.
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