CONGENITAL ABSENCE OF BILATERAL SEMINAL VESICLES AND VAS DEFERENS WITH RIGHT RENAL AGENESIS AND LEFT ECTOPIC KIDNEY

Sadia Babar, Umar Amin, Rashid Nazir, Imaad ur Rehman, Atif Rana

Abstract


Congenital absence of seminal vesicles and vas deferens is an uncommon anomaly that contributes to male sterility. Bilateral SV agenesis is associated with mutations in the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator gene in 64%–73% of cases and may be related to luminal obstruction by thick secretions. It is also frequently associated with bilateral agenesis of the VD. Patients usually have normal kidneys.1 We present a case of bilateral agenesis of seminal vesicles and vas deferens with absent right kidney and pelvic left kidney.

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