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<Articles JournalTitle="Academic Journal of Surgery">
  <Article>
    <Journal>
      <PublisherName>Tehran University of Medical Sciences (TUMS)</PublisherName>
      <JournalTitle>Academic Journal of Surgery</JournalTitle>
      <Issn>2423-3218</Issn>
      <Volume>4</Volume>
      <Issue>1</Issue>
      <PubDate PubStatus="epublish">
        <Year>2017</Year>
        <Month>07</Month>
        <Day>25</Day>
      </PubDate>
    </Journal>
    <title locale="en_US">Symptomatic M&#xFC;llerian Duct Cyst in a Male Adult: A Rare Case Report</title>
    <FirstPage>24</FirstPage>
    <LastPage>26</LastPage>
    <Language>EN</Language>
    <AuthorList>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Shahram</FirstName>
        <LastName>Shabaninia</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">Assistant Professor, Department of Urology, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran</affiliation>
      </Author>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Seyed Reza</FirstName>
        <LastName>Yahyazadeh</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">Assistant Professor, Department of Urology, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran</affiliation>
      </Author>
    </AuthorList>
    <History>
      <PubDate PubStatus="received">
        <Year>2017</Year>
        <Month>04</Month>
        <Day>19</Day>
      </PubDate>
      <PubDate PubStatus="accepted">
        <Year>2017</Year>
        <Month>07</Month>
        <Day>25</Day>
      </PubDate>
    </History>
    <abstract locale="en_US">Background: M&#xFC;llerian duct cyst is an uncommon congenital anomaly. It is usually small and asymptomatic. A rare case of this entity with symptoms of ejaculatory duct obstruction such as hematospermia and secondary infertility is presented here.
Case Report: A 39-year-old male presented with complaints of pain in the lower abdomen, dysuria, frequency, and hematospermia for the last 2 years. He also suffered from secondary infertility with a 9-year-old son. Imaging studies showed a large cystic midline lesion right behind the bladder and also bilateral dilated ejaculatory ducts. The patient underwent a transurethral drainage. The prostatic urethra was resected using a 26 Fr resection loop proximal to the verumontanum and a capacious cystic structure opened, and finally two dilated ejaculatory duct openings were seen. On follow-up, a significant improvement of symptoms and semen quality was achieved after surgery.
Conclusions: A high index of suspicion in using advanced imaging modalities is necessary for the diagnosis of this anomaly. Surgical excision of a M&#xFC;llerian duct cyst may be performed depending on the size and location of the cyst and the presence of clinical symptoms. Transurethral de-roofing of the cyst is effective and safe for the treatment of small M&#xFC;llerian duct cyst accompanied with ejaculatory duct obstruction.</abstract>
    <web_url>https://ajs.tums.ac.ir/index.php/ajs/article/view/88</web_url>
    <pdf_url>https://ajs.tums.ac.ir/index.php/ajs/article/download/88/59</pdf_url>
  </Article>
</Articles>
