Transrectal ultrasonography in disorders of the seminal vesicles and ejaculatory ducts
Carter, S.S.; Shinohara, K.; Lipshultz, L.I.
Urologic Clinics of North America 16(4): 773-790
1989
ISSN/ISBN: 0094-0143 PMID: 2683306 Document Number: 344229
Ultrasonography is an inexpensive, noninvasive, and reliable means of evaluating the integrity of the distal seminal tract. A variety of rare congenital anomalies can be demonstrated by ultrasound applied either transabdominally or by the transrectal route. Ultrasonography provides a unique insight into the function and pathology of ejaculation that may affect fertility and may well produce new diagnostic criteria to explain some of the more unusual symptoms encountered by urologists in general practice.