title: Chronic infection of a seminal vesicle cyst as depicted on MR imaging.
abstract: Chronic infection of a seminal vesicle cyst is an extremely rare disorder worldwide. To date, only two cases, which were diagnosed initially by the use of contrast-enhanced CT or non-enhanced MR imaging, have been reported in the literature. We report here a case of a 78-year-old man with chronic infection of a seminal vesicle cyst to illustrate the usefulness of the pelvic contrast-enhanced MRI in making a definitive diagnosis of the rare disorder. In addition, a brief review of the relevant literature is presented.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610041, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Tian-Wu
authors.initials: TW
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Zhi-Gang
authors.initials: ZG
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Yuan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Ping
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Ling-Ling
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: Qian
authors.forename: Shang-Fu
authors.initials: SF
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003560:Cysts / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005832:Genital Diseases, Male / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D007239:Infections / Q000175:diagnosis; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D012669:Seminal Vesicles