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A wide spectrum of rare clinical variants of Zinner syndrome
  1. Harkirat Singh Talwar,
  2. Ankur Mittal,
  3. Tushar Aditya Narain and
  4. Vikas Kumar Panwar
  1. Urology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, India
  1. Correspondence to Dr Vikas Kumar Panwar; vikaspanwar.dr{at}gmail.com

Abstract

Congenital malformations of the seminal vesicles (SVs) are rare and are associated with abnormalities of the ipsilateral urinary tracts as embryologically both the ureteral buds and SVs arise from the mesonephric ducts. The triad of SV cysts, ipsilateral renal agenesis and ejaculatory duct obstruction is known as the Zinner syndrome. We, herein, present three very rare presentations of Zinner syndrome. Case 1 presented with haematuria, and was found to have a large SV cyst with stones and underwent a robotic cyst excision. Case 2 presented with primary infertility, and was found to have a variant of Zinner syndrome. Case 3 was a known case of chronic kidney disease on maintenance haemodialysis who presented with fever and oliguria. He was found to have Zinner syndrome and underwent aspiration of SV abscess. To the best of our knowledge, such varying presentations of Zinner syndrome have been rarely reported thus far.

  • urology
  • haematuria
  • urological surgery
  • congenital disorders

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Footnotes

  • Contributors HST: Data collection, manuscript writing and patient care. VKP: Conception, manuscript writing and patient care. AM: Manuscript editing, intellectual content and patient care. TAN: Manuscript editing, intellectual content and patient care.

  • Funding The authors have not declared a specific grant for this research from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.

  • Competing interests None declared.

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  • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed.