Hemospermia is a common urologic problem that can be caused by diverse pathologic entities, including inflammatory and neoplastic disorders of the seminal tract. Transrectal ultrasonography provides excellent anatomic detail of pathologic changes
in the
seminal vesicle and ejaculatory duct. Morphological change of the seminal tract of patient with hemospermia was determined by means of transrectal sonography on 16 patients. The 14 patients(88%) had positive sonographic findings, Abnormalities
detected
included 5 cases of seminal vesicle stones, 2 cases of dilated seminal vesicles, 3 cases of ejaculatory duct stones, 2 cases of ejaculatory duct cysts, 1 cases of seminal vesicle stone and ejaculatory duct stone, 1 case of Mullerian duct cyst.
Our
result indicate that transrectal ultrasound is effective in studing in patients with organic hemospermia.
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