1. Zinner syndrome and infertility─a literature review based on a clinical case
- Author
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Aybike Hofmann, Franziska Vauth, and Wolfgang H. Roesch
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Reproductive signs and symptoms ,Male ,Infertility ,Pediatrics ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Adolescent ,Urology ,030232 urology & nephrology ,Pain relief ,Sexual dysfunction ,Review Article ,Kidney ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Seminal vesicle ,Humans ,Medicine ,Kidney surgery ,Ejaculatory duct obstruction ,Surgical treatment ,Ipsilateral renal agenesis ,030219 obstetrics & reproductive medicine ,Cysts ,business.industry ,Seminal Vesicles ,Syndrome ,medicine.disease ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,Clinical case ,Genital Diseases, Male ,business - Abstract
Zinner syndrome (ZS) is a rare congenital malformation associated with seminal vesicle cysts, ejaculatory duct obstruction, and ipsilateral renal agenesis. The main treatment focus so far has been on symptomatic patients. Therefore, surgery has been reserved for these patients, and surgical treatment is mainly aimed at pain relief. ZS seems to be frequently associated with infertility, but diagnosing is challenging, particularly during adolescence. This literature review of ZS and infertility is based on the medical report of one adolescent patient.
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- 2020