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Hydatid cyst of the seminal vesicle
Author(s) -
PAPATHANASIOU ATHANASIOS,
VOULGARIS STELIOS,
SALPIGGIDIS GEORGE,
CHARALABOUS STAVROS,
FATLES GEORGE,
ROMBIS VASILEIOS
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
international journal of urology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.172
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1442-2042
pISSN - 0919-8172
DOI - 10.1111/j.1442-2042.2006.01288.x
Subject(s) - seminal vesicle , medicine , hydatid cyst , cyst , vesicle , pathology , anatomy , radiology , prostate , biology , cancer , membrane , genetics
We present a rare case of a hydatid cyst involving the seminal vesicle of a 48‐year‐old man. Urinary retention was the initial symptom. Both imaging and clinical evaluation revealed a substantial retrovesical cystic mass. The histopathological report was ‘hydatid cyst of the seminal vesicle’.