title: Seminal vesicle cystadenoma: a rare clinical perspective.
abstract: A 52-yr-old man presented with severe obstructive urinary symptoms. Ten years earlier, a digital rectal examination disclosed a small mass above the prostate, and a computed tomography (CT) scan showed a 3.5-cm cystic tumor of the right seminal vesicle. He had been followed conservatively elsewhere. Reevaluation of the mass with a CT scan and magnetic resonance imaging showed that the mass had grown to a maximal diameter of 14 cm. A transabdominal needle biopsy revealed benign fibromuscular tissue. The tumor was then resected by an open transvesical approach. Pathology was consistent with a benign seminal vesicle cystadenoma. The natural history, pathology, and surgical approach are described.
authors: Department of Urology, Hadassah Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel. glorber@hadassah.org.il
authors: Gideon
authors: G
authors: Lorber
authors: Galina
authors: G
authors: Pizov
authors: Ofer N
authors: ON
authors: Gofrit
authors: Dov
authors: D
authors: Pode
mesh_terms: D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D003537:Cystadenoma / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D005834:Genital Neoplasms, Male / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012669:Seminal Vesicles / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D047368:Tumor Burden; D014555:Urination Disorders / Q000209:etiology; D013521:Urologic Surgical Procedures, Male