[Transient obstructive aspermia and transient obstructive oligospermia]

The article is a continuation of a series of papers dealing with changes of ejaculatory ducts associated with various diseases of the prostatic gland and posterior urethra. Clinical description of patients, earlier treated for aspermia or oligospermia is presented. In some of the patients with such clinical manifestations, complete or partial compression of the ejaculatory ducts by the inflamed prostate or seminal bulb may be the cause and the disorder may be transitory rather than continuous. Twenty-six cases of transitory aspermia are reported, with special reference to laboratory and instrumental findings and treatment results. A group of patients (43) with transitory oligospermia is also described, and the results of investigation and treatment are presented.