Abstract
A 60-year-old man developed repeated spermatic fluid collection in the small pelvis following abdominoperineal resection and radiotherapy for carcinoma of the rectum. The “spermatocele” was due to a fistula originating in the vasoseminal vesicle junction. This complication has not been described previously.
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Lelcuk, S., Yavez, H., Klausner, J.M. et al. “Spermatocele” following abdominoperineal resection and radiotherapy. Dis Colon Rectum 29, 355–356 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02554130
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02554130