Magnetic resonance imaging and clinical findings in seminal vesicle pathologies
 
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Prof. Dr. Zafer ÖZMEN Tokat Gaziosmanpaşa Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Doç. Dr. Fatma KÖKCÜ Tokat Gaziosmanpaşa Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Prof. Dr. Nihat ULUOCAK Tokat Gaziosmanpaşa Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Prof. Dr. Eda ALBAYRAK Tokat Gaziosmanpaşa Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Ayşegül Altunkaş
Tokat Gaziosmanpaşa Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Fatih Çelikyay
Tokat Gaziosmanpaşa Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Makale Türü Açık Erişim Özgün Makale (SSCI, AHCI, SCI, SCI-Exp dergilerinde yayınlanan tam makale)
Dergi Adı International Brazilian Journal Of Urology (Q4)
Dergi ISSN 1677-5538 Wos Dergi Scopus Dergi
Dergi Tarandığı Indeksler SCI-Expanded
Makale Dili İngilizce Basım Tarihi 08-2018
Cilt / Sayı / Sayfa – / 0 / – DOI 10.1590/S1677-5538.IBJU.2017.0153
Makale Linki https://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5815537
Özet

Purpose

Congenital and acquired pathologies of the seminal vesicles (SV) are rare diseases. The diagnosis of SV anomalies is frequently delayed or wrong due to the rarity of these diseases and the lack of adequate evaluation of SV pathology. For this reason, we aimed to comprehensively evaluate SV pathologies and accompanying genitourinary system abnormalities.

Materials and methods

Between March 2012 and December 2015, 1455 male patients with different provisional diagnosis underwent MRI. Congenital and acquired pathology of the SV was identified in 42 of these patients. The patients were categorized according to their SV pathologies. The patients were analyzed in terms of genitourinary system findings associated with SV pathologies.

Results

SV pathologies were accompanied by other genitourinary system findings. Congenital SV pathologies were bilateral or predominantly in the left SV. Patients with bilateral SV hypoplasia were diagnosed at an earlier age compared to patients with unilateral SV agenesis. There was a significant association between abnormal signal intensity in the SV and benign prostate hypertrophy (BPH) and patient age.

Conclusion

SV pathologies are rare diseases of the genitourinary system. The association between seminal vesicle pathology and other genitourinary system diseases requires complete genitourinary system evaluation that includes the seminal vesicles.
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Atıf Sayıları
Magnetic resonance imaging and clinical findings in seminal vesicle pathologies

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