[Acute urinary retention caused by intraprostatic cysts: diagnostic and therapeutic role of transrectal prostatic echography]

Arch Ital Urol Androl. 1996 Dec;68(5 Suppl):201-5.
[Article in Italian]

Abstract

There are two type of congenital prostatic cyst, the müllerian duct cyst and the utricular cyst. They are not common and rarely symptomatic. We report a 16-year-old male who presented with acute urinary retention and a 3-month history of urine stream diminished in force and reduced sperm volume. Transrectal ultrasonography showed a prostatic cyst in the midline near the seminal colliculus. Transperineal aspiration of the cyst resulted in return to normal miction and sperm volume.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Acute Disease
  • Adolescent
  • Cysts / complications
  • Cysts / diagnostic imaging*
  • Cysts / surgery
  • Drainage
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Prostatic Diseases / complications
  • Prostatic Diseases / diagnostic imaging*
  • Prostatic Diseases / surgery
  • Ultrasonography
  • Urinary Retention / etiology*
  • Urination Disorders / etiology