title: [Vesiculitis seminalis--a rare diagnosis in case of chronic groin pain].
abstract: In this case report we present a male soccer player suffering from chronic groin pain. Exact diagnosis, i. e. seminal vesiculitis, could finally be evaluated by the means of MR Imaging, and so the patient did fully recover after selective antibiotic therapy. In this case musculoskeletal involvement because of visceral pelvic disorders may be caused by synaptic interaction between the somato-sensory and viscero-motoric system due to the close anatomical relationship between the seminal vesicle of the pelvis and the pubic bone with its insertion of the adductor muscles. In case of chronic groin pain in athletes physicians should also be aware of visceral pelvic disorders. For diagnostic evaluation MR Imaging may be of important help.
authors.affiliation: Orthopädische Universitätsklinik Homburg/Saar. jk66421@hotmail.com
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kelm
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Duchow
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Anagnostakos
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Schneider
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kohn
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ahlhelm
mesh_terms: D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000209:etiology*; D000328:Adult; D001265:Athletic Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005832:Genital Diseases, Male / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006119:Groin / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D012669:Seminal Vesicles / Q000473:pathology; D012916:Soccer / Q000293:injuries*; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000175:diagnosis*