1 Department of Radiology, CHU Hassan II, Sidi Mohammed Benabdellah university, Fes, Maroc.
2 Department of Radiology, Mother and child hospital, CHU Hassan II, Sidi Mohammed Benabdellah university, Fes, Maroc.
World Journal of Advanced Research and Reviews, 2026, 29(02), 1066-1068
Article DOI: 10.30574/wjarr.2026.29.2.0392
Received on 09 January 2026; revised on 14 February 2026; accepted on 18 February 2026
Seminal vesicles are accessory glands of the male genitourinary system and contribute substantially to ejaculate volume, playing a key role in sperm motility and fertility. Congenital abnormalities—most commonly agenesis, fusion, and cystic malformations—are uncommon but well described on imaging, whereas ectopic seminal vesicles are exceedingly rare. We report a 79-year-old man with a history of squamous cell carcinoma of the larynx in whom a right pararectal mass was detected on staging CT and initially suspected to represent lymphadenopathy. CT-guided biopsy and histopathological analysis demonstrated seminal vesicle–type tissue, consistent with an ectopic seminal vesicle. To our knowledge, this represents only the second reported case of an ectopic seminal vesicle, the first case having described an inguinal location.
Seminal vesicle; Ectopic seminal vesicle; Congenital anomaly; Pararectal mass; Computed tomography (CT); Image‑guided biopsy
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Younes Abdourabbih, Ismail Chaouche, Hajar Ouazzani, Amal Akammar, Nizar E l Bouardi, Meryem Haloua, Badreeddine Alami, Meryem Boubbou, Mustapha Maaroufi and Moulay Youssef Alaoui Lamrani. Rare case of an unsual para rectal mass: Ectopic seminal vesicle. World Journal of Advanced Research and Reviews, 2026, 29(02), 1066-1068. Article DOI: https://doi.org/10.30574/wjarr.2026.29.2.0392.
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