DOI: 10.12890/2025_005284

Zinner’s syndrome: a case report with typical radiological findings

Authors

  • Mohamed Sherif El-Sharkawy Department of Radiology & Medical Imaging, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
  • Saad Alshahrani Department of Surgery, Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University, College of Medicine, Al-Kharj, Saudi Arabia
  • Mohamed A. Bedewi Department of Internal Medicine, Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University, College of Medicine, Al-Kharj, Saudi Arabia
  • Kholoud J. Sandougah Department of Radiology, College of Medicine, Al Imam Mohammed Ibn Saud Islamic University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

m.bedewi@psau.edu.sa

Keywords

Zinner syndrome, ultrasound, magnetic resonance imaging

Abstract

Zinner syndrome is a rare anomaly of the urogenital tract. The syndrome is related to delay in the embryogenesis of the ureteric buds and is associated with unilateral renal absence, cyst formation in the seminal vesicles, and ipsilateral obstruction of the ejaculatory.

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Published

2025-03-26

Issue

Vol. 12 No. 4 (2025)

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El-Sharkawy MS, Alshahrani S, Bedewi MA, Sandougah KJ. Zinner’s syndrome: a case report with typical radiological findings. EJCRIM [Internet]. 2025 Mar. 26 [cited 2026 Nov. 3];12(4). Available from: https://ejcrim.com/index.php/ejcrim/article/view/5284

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