An Unexpected Clinical Feature of Zinner's Syndrome – A Case Report

Juho, Yu-Cing; Wu, Sheng‐Tang; Tang, Shou-Hung; Cha, Tai‐Lung; Meng, En

doi:10.1016/j.eucr.2015.06.015

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“…Zinner syndrome is one of the rarest congenital anomalies of the urogenital tract and is usually discovered and diagnosed in the 3rd-4th decade of life [8] . Zinner was the first to describe it, and there have been 200 incidences of seminal vesicle cysts linked to ipsilateral renal agenesis recorded in the literature [9]. Incidence is 1 in 3000 to 1 in 4000 newborns, [10] which reported 0.0046% according to Farooqui et al [11].…”

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Role of magnetic resonance imaging in evaluation of ejaculatory duct in Zinner’s syndrome: case series of five patients and review of the literature

Elsorougy

Farg

Badawy

et al. 2022

Egypt J Radiol Nucl Med

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Background Zinner's syndrome is a mesonephric duct anomaly characterized by unilateral renal agenesis, ipsilateral seminal vesicle cyst, and ipsilateral ejaculatory duct obstruction due to insult occurred at urogenital tract embryogenesis during the first trimester. In the third and fourth decades of life, it is frequently diagnosed when patients begin to be symptomatic, such as lower urinary tract symptoms, infertility and painful ejaculation. Case presentation Herein we illustrate case review including five patients diagnosed as Zinner’s syndrome, three of them complaining from infertility; however, the remaining two cases were fertile and incidentally diagnosed. Conclusions Radiological investigations play significant role in the diagnostic and management processes including US, CT and MRI for detecting ipsilateral renal agenesis and unilateral seminal vesicles dilatation, but evaluation of ejaculatory duct can be done only by MRI and transrectal ultrasound; however, the latter may be sometimes nonconclusive or intolerable by patients, so MRI is considered the golden modality with its high capability to assess the lower male genital tract which played a significant role in our case series starting with detection of the presence or absence of the ejaculatory duct obstruction as well as the high delineation of the origin and nature the seminal vesicle cyst including also its size and content and finally by detection of the communication between ureteral bud and the seminal vesicles cystic dilatation.

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Role of magnetic resonance imaging in evaluation of ejaculatory duct in Zinner’s syndrome: case series of five patients and review of the literature

Elsorougy

Farg

Badawy

et al. 2022

Egypt J Radiol Nucl Med

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“…Zinner syndrome was first described by Zinner in 1914 and 200 cases of seminal vesicle cysts associated with ipsilateral renal agenesis have been reported in the literature. 9 Incidence is 1 in 3000 to 1 in 4000 newborns. Patients with this condition are usually normal but sometimes presents with decreased urine output, increased frequency of urine output and pain over the perineum, or epididymitis.…”

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A Case Report on Zinner Syndrome – A Rare Congenital Malformation

Sunkara¹,

Kumar²,

Rao³

et al. 2020

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“…Intravenous urography can be used to assess abnormalities or absence of collecting duct system and therefore demonstrate renal agenesis but may overlook lesions extrinsic to the renal tract. 10 Transrectal sonography can be used to determine the size, location and nature of a cystic mass associated with the seminal vesicle or prostate. It may demonstrate anechoic contents or contain debris suggesting previous haemorrhage or infection but is limited by its small field of view.…”

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Zinner syndrome: an unusual cause of bladder outflow obstruction

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Zinner syndrome is a rare condition comprising a triad of unilateral renal agenesis, ipsilateral seminal vesicle obstruction and ipsilateral ejaculatory duct obstruction. The mutual embryological origins of the seminal vesicle and the ureteral bud result in both anomalous genital and urinary tracts. We present the case of a 39-year-old patient where the initial presentation of this condition was bladder outflow obstruction. In this paper, we discuss the embryological origin of this condition, the range of imaging tools used to diagnose Zinner syndrome and the inherent benefits and shortcomings of each modality.

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An Unexpected Clinical Feature of Zinner's Syndrome – A Case Report

Cited by 17 publications

References 5 publications

Role of magnetic resonance imaging in evaluation of ejaculatory duct in Zinner’s syndrome: case series of five patients and review of the literature

Role of magnetic resonance imaging in evaluation of ejaculatory duct in Zinner’s syndrome: case series of five patients and review of the literature

A Case Report on Zinner Syndrome – A Rare Congenital Malformation

Zinner syndrome: an unusual cause of bladder outflow obstruction

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