Male Reproductive Flashcards
Associations w/ unilateral kidney (men)
Zinner syndrome (seminal vesicle cysts), prostate utricle cyst
Zinner syndrome. Association
Absent kidney, seminal vesicle cysts. Can also have other structures missing (vas deferens). Can have ectopic ureters. a/w PCKD
Seminal vesicle cyst
Off-midline. a/w Zinner syndrome
Prostate utricle cyst location. Communicates w/ what? Associations?
Midline. Communicate w/ urethra (can have urine in them), can have cancer. a/w hypospadias, cyrpochidism, unilateral renal agenesis
Male pelvic cysts (2)
Midline; prostate utricle cyst. Lateral; seminal vesicle cyst
Vascular disease of testis (2)
Testicular torsion, Segmentl infarction.
Testicular torsion. Deformity that predisposese to torsion. Ultrasound findings.
Bell-clapper deformity predisposes to torsion due to small testicular bare area. Ultrasound findings: Hyperacute: shadowing torsion knot, no flow. Acute: testicle is enlarged/heterogenous. Missed Torsion (>24 hours); effected testicle is enlarged, mottled, w/ scrotal thickening and increased flow in the scrotal wall.
Segmental infarction. Etiology, clinical presentation, ultrasound appearance.
May be due to microvascualar thrombosis from acute inflammation, vasculities, or sicke cell. May mimic torsion cinically. Wedge shaped hypoechic area w/ no flow on doppler.
Scrotal trauma (3 entities)
Hematoma, testicular contusion, testicular rupture.
Testicular contusion appearnce on u/s
Peripheral hypoechoic lesion that may mimic tumor.
Testicular rupture appearance on u/s
capsule disruption. Timely diagnosis is critical.
Scrotal infection (3)
Epididymitis, epidiymo-orchitis (infection that has spread from epididymis to testicle. Inflammation can cause focal testicular ischemia.) Fournier gangrene (necrotizing fasciitis of scrotum and perineum. Key finding is subcu gas).
Where is base and Apex of prostate?
Base is superior. Apex is inferior.
3 zones of prostate
Peripheral, transitional, central
What is central gland of the prostate?
Central zone and transitional zone. The transitional jones enlages as BPH develops.
Where are most cancers of prostate?
Peripheral zone (70%). Transitional zone (20%)
Classic prostate cancer MR imaging
In peripheral zone, T2 dark, restricts diffusion, enhances.
Appearance of transitional zone prostate cancer
“erased charcoal” appearance. Appears smudgy.
MR Spectroscopy of prostate cancer would show
Elevated Choline and depressed Citrate.
Difference in TZ tumors, PZ tumors, and BPH.
TZ tumors (erased charcoal). PZ tumors (more discrete). BPH nodules: T2 hetrogenous w/ clear margins