Congenital seminal vesicle cyst accompanying with ipsilateral renal agenesis in an adolescent patient: A pediatric radiologist approach to Zinner's syndrome

Özkan M. B., Bilgici M. C., Şahin M., Genc G.

Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, vol.46, no.4, pp.1159-1162, 2015 (Scopus) identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 46 Issue: 4
  • Publication Date: 2015
  • Doi Number: 10.1016/j.ejrnm.2015.08.006
  • Journal Name: Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine
  • Journal Indexes: Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.1159-1162
  • Keywords: Adolescent patient, Congenital seminal vesicle cyst, Ipsilateral renal agenesia, Pelvic MRI, Zinner syndrome
  • Ondokuz Mayıs University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

A fifteen-year-old boy who had complaints of left sided pelvic pain with known ipsilateral left renal agenesia was referred to pediatric radiology department. Incidentally, his sonography examination revealed a dilated tubular structure located in the retro-vesicular region from cephalic to prostate. Contrast enhanced pelvic MRI showed a huge seminal vesicle cyst which is over 6 cm without a mass effect near the aspect border of the prostate and bladder. The patient was diagnosed with Zinner syndrome. The patient doesn't have new complaint with no definite increase in the diameter of the cyst. In this case presentation we are discussing the Zinner syndrome's imaging findings from a pediatric radiologist approach with a brief review of the literature.