Prostate gland & seminal vesicles
Seminal vesicles
Cysts
Author: Komal Arora, M.D.
Topic Completed: 1 July 2012
Minor changes: 30 October 2020
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PubMed search: prostatic seminal vesicle cysts
Related topics: cystadenoma
Table of Contents
Definition / general | Case reports | Clinical images | Gross images | Microscopic (histologic) imagesCite this page: Arora K. Cysts. PathologyOutlines.com website. https://www.pathologyoutlines.com/topic/prostatesemcysts.html. Accessed January 18th, 2021.
Definition / general
- Present as masses between rectum and base of bladder in men in 20's to 40's (Zhonghua Yi Xue Za Zhi 2012;92:982)
- Usually unilateral, unilocular and resemble dilated seminal vesicles
- Congenital cysts are associated with ipsilateral renal agenesis, ureteral abnormalities, oligospermia
- Acquired cysts associated with obstruction secondary to chronic prostatitis
Case reports
- 23 year old with echinococcal cyst (Urol Ann 2012;4:122)
- 45 year old man with 17 cm cyst (Int J Surg Case Rep 2012;3:375)
Clinical images
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Laparascopic view of enlarged cyst
Gross images
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17 cm cyst
Microscopic (histologic) images
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Cyst walls
