title: [Etiopathogenesis and management of seminal vesicle enlargement].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To study the etiopathogenesis and management of seminal vesicle enlargement.
  
  
  METHODS
  Forty-six cases of seminal vesicle were selected, of which 36 were vesiculitis, treated by antibiotics through a catheter indwelt in the seminal vesicle for 1 week, 3 were cystic vesicular seminalis, given anti-inflammatory treatment by catheter administration and hydatid fluid inhalation, 1 was calculus at the orifice of the ejaculatory duct, taken out by transurethral resection of the verumontanum, 1 was polypous at the orifice of the verumontanum, removed by transurethral resection, 2 were posterior urethritis, treated by fulguration, and 3 were prostatic carcinoma, treated by radical prostatectomy and spermatocystotomy.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Hemospermia disappeared in 32 cases of vesiculitis during the 6-24 months follow-up, 4 cases experienced recurrent hemospermia 3 months after the treatment. No recurrence was observed in any other case of cystic vesicular seminalis, calculus, polypous, posterior urethritis and prostatic carcinoma.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Seminal vesicle enlargement has intricate etiopathogenesis, but can be treated with satisfactory results if managed properly.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, the 6th People's Hospital Affliated to Shanghai Jiaotong Universiy, Shanghai 200233, China. yujj917@163.com
authors.forename: Jian-jun
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: Yue-Min
authors.initials: YM
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Jiong
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Zhang-Shun
authors.initials: ZS
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Xin-Ru
authors.initials: XR
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Rong
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Chen
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005832:Genital Diseases, Male / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012669:Seminal Vesicles / Q000473:pathology*; D016896:Treatment Outcome