title: Large vesicula seminalis cyst: a very rare cause of constipation and male infertility.
abstract: We report a 35-year-old male patient with chronic constipation and infertility for 4 years. Spermiogram revealed severe oligospermia. An external mass compressing the rectum was found during rectal examination and flexible rectosigmoidoscopy. Abdominal computed tomography showed a presacral cystic mass which displaced the bladder anteriorly. The cyst was completely removed with open surgery. Histopathologic analysis revealed a cystic lesion covered with squamous epithelium including polymorphonuclear leukocytes, macrophages and sperm cells. After the operation, the patient's symptoms were relieved. We considered that the constipation was caused by external compression by the vesicula seminalis cyst. In cases of constipation with infertility, vesicula seminalis cyst should be kept in mind.
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterology, Gulhane Military Medical Academy School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Yuksel
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ates
authors.forename: Guldem
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kilciler
authors.forename: Selahattin
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bedir
authors.forename: Murat
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Aslan
authors.forename: Mete
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kilciler
authors.forename: Ahmet
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tuzun
authors.forename: Gokhan
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Yagci
authors.forename: Sait
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bagci
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003248:Constipation / Q000209:etiology*; D003560:Cysts / Q000150:complications*; D005832:Genital Diseases, Male / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D007248:Infertility, Male / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D012669:Seminal Vesicles / Q000473:pathology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed