Transurethral resection of the ejaculatory duct in a fertile man.
OBJECTIVE
To report a case of transurethral resection of the ejaculatory duct in a fertile man with normozoospermia.


METHODS
Case report.


METHODS
Large federal hospital in Sao Paulo, Brazil.


METHODS
A 29-year-old man with normal semen analysis values who had recently fathered a healthy child, seen with complaint of scrotal pain and reduced ejaculate volume.


METHODS
Transurethral resection of the ejaculatory duct.


METHODS
Relief of the symptoms.


RESULTS
Successful relief of the scrotal pain and increase in ejaculate volume after correction of the partial ejaculatory duct obstruction.


CONCLUSIONS
Fertile men with scrotal pain and reduced ejaculate volume may be seen with partial ejaculatory duct obstruction, and surgical transurethral resection of the ejaculatory duct may provide resolution of symptoms.
Medeiros Lacerda
José Iran
JI
Department of Surgery, Division of Urology, Sao Paulo Federal University, Sao Paulo, Brazil. Electronic address: iranlacerda@gmail.com.
Hasegawa
Endric
E
Department of Surgery, Division of Urology, Sao Paulo Federal University, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Fraietta
Renato
R
Department of Surgery, Division of Urology, Sao Paulo Federal University, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Bertolla
Ricardo Pimenta
RP
Department of Surgery, Division of Urology, Sao Paulo Federal University, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Cedenho
Agnaldo Pereira
AP
Department of Surgery, Division of Urology, Sao Paulo Federal University, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Ortiz
Valdemar
V
Department of Surgery, Division of Urology, Sao Paulo Federal University, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
D000328:Adult; D004543:Ejaculatory Ducts / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D005298:Fertility / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D052801:Male Urogenital Diseases / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D014463:Ultrasonography; D013519:Urogenital Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods