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Urologia - Volume 68, N. 2, 2001 © 2001 Editoriale Urologia, Treviso Associazione ipsilaterale di displasia renale, ectopia ureterale e cisti
della vescichetta seminale M. Giglio, M. Medica, F. Germinale, M. Raggio, F. Campodonico, G. Carmignani Clinica Urologica "L. Giuliani" - Università degli Studi - Genova 2° Congresso Nazionale Società Urologia Nuova - Napoli, 3-5 dicembre 2000 - Comunicazione. Riassunto La contemporanea presenza di aplasia/displasia
renale, ectopia ureterale e cisti di una vescichetta seminale rappresenta una
malformazione notevolmente rara, con meno di 25 casi descritti. Viene rivisitata la
Letteratura e si riporta un nuovo caso di tale malformazione, riscontrato in uomo di 45
anni affetto da epididimiti recidivanti. Abstract The simultaneous presence of renal aplasia/dysplasia, ectopic ureter and seminal vesicle cysts is rare, less than 25 cases having been described. After a literature review, a new case is reported of this malformation found in a 45-year-old man with recurring epididymitis. The seat and the moment of genesis of the metanephric bud is crucial in the embryo for correct development of the kidneys and the organs of Wolffian derivation. This malformation may be the consequence of the early formation of the primitive ureter and in too high a seat. The clinical picture is highly variable with chronic/recurrence trend and in 79% of cases rectal exploration is significant. Diagnosis is confirmed by transabdominal and transrectal echotomographic investigations, CT or NMR and cystoscopy. The authors feel that surgery (with total removal of the cystic seminal vesicle, the ectopic ureter and the dysplastic kidney) should be carried out on symptomatic patients, on asymptomatic cases with anomalies in the spermiogram and on patients with a dubious diagnosis regarding the nature and seat of the endopelvic neoformation. Asymptomatic patients with normal spermiogram should not be treated. Key words: renal dysplasia - ectopic ureter - seminal vesicle cysts - malformation. |