title: Transurethral resection of the ejaculatory duct in a fertile man.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Division of Urology, Sao Paulo Federal University, Sao Paulo, Brazil. Electronic address: iranlacerda@gmail.com.
authors.forename: José Iran
authors.initials: JI
authors.lastname: Medeiros Lacerda
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Division of Urology, Sao Paulo Federal University, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: Endric
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Hasegawa
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Division of Urology, Sao Paulo Federal University, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: Renato
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Fraietta
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Division of Urology, Sao Paulo Federal University, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: Ricardo Pimenta
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Bertolla
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Division of Urology, Sao Paulo Federal University, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: Agnaldo Pereira
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Cedenho
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Division of Urology, Sao Paulo Federal University, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: Valdemar
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Ortiz
mesh_terms: 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