The ejaculatory duct ectopically invading the bladder with multiple congenital malformations of the homolateral urogenital system: a report of a rare case and an embryological review.
We report a rare case of a left ejaculatory duct that allotropically protrudes towards or invades the left vesicle triangular area with its dead end. The patient simultaneously exhibited multiple congenital malformations of the homolateral urogenital system, such as absence of the left kidney, dysplasia and allotopia of the left seminal vesicle, absence of the left ureterostoma, separation between the left testis and the epididymis tail, and maldevelopment of the left testis. According to all clinical and laboratory evidence, the case represented a new syndrome, which we named Wuyang's syndrome. It involved a rare phenomenon in embryonic development; the dysplastic proximal vas precursor, having intruded into a common mesonephric duct and accidentally encroaching on the ureteric bud position, resulted in the absence or dysplasia of the homolateral urinary tract and ectopic invasion of the bladder by the homolateral seminal tract.
Department of General Surgery, First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210029, China.
Feng
F
Wang
Hong-Fei
HF
Wu
Jie
J
Yang
D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D000328:Adult; D004543:Ejaculatory Ducts / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D013577:Syndrome; D014513:Ureter / Q000002:abnormalities; D001743:Urinary Bladder / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D014928:Wolffian Ducts / Q000002:abnormalities