Related Experiment Video
Updated: Aug 1, 2025

Author Spotlight: Advanced Treatment of Seminal Duct Blockage Employing Endoscopy-Mediated Semen Channel Refluviation
Published on: December 8, 2023
Laparoscopic excision of huge seminal vesicle cyst in Zinner syndrome
Chye Yang Lim1, Chien Liang Liu1, Steven K Huang1
1Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, Chi Mei Medical Center, No. 901, Zhonghua Rd., Yongkang, 71004 Tainan, Taiwan (R.O.C.).
Abstract:
This is the case of a 45-year-old male who presented with dysuria and gross hematuria. Ultrasonography and computed tomography revealed an enormous pelvic cystic lesion and a right nephromegaly but an invisible left kidney. Using the imaging findings, the patient was diagnosed with Zinner syndrome. Transperitoneal laparoscopic excision of the cyst was performed for symptom relief. At post-treatment, the symptoms disappeared, and sexual function remained. Seminal vesicle cysts have been commonly reported in previous studies but rarely in this case. Furthermore, most previous studies have documented surgical excision of <10 cm cysts. However, a ∼12.5-cm seminal vesicle cyst was excised with the laparoscopic method without any perioperative complication in this case.

