Successful treatment of ejaculation pain with silodosin in patient with Zinner syndrome: a case report.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Zinner syndrome is a rare congenital anomaly featuring a unilateral seminal vesicle cyst and ipsilateral renal agenesis. While the majority of affected patients are asymptomatic and followed with conservative management, others have symptoms such as micturition, ejaculatory difficulties, and/or pain, thus may require treatment. These patients often undergo an invasive procedure as first-line treatment, such as transurethral resection of the ejaculatory duct, or aspiration and drainage, which reduces pressure within the seminal vesicle cyst, or surgical resection of the seminal vesicle. Reported here is a patient with ejaculation pain and pelvic discomfort associated with Zinner syndrome who was successfully treated in a non-invasive manner with silodosin, an α₁

SUBMITTER: Uetani M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10251087 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature