Three‐dimensional reconstruction of the luminal structure of human seminal vesicle

• DOI: 10.1111/joa.13269
• Publication Date: 2020-07-13T20:41:21Z
• Authors: Je‐Sung Lee; In‐Seung Yeo; Hye‐In Lee; Jung‐Ah Park; Ki‐Seok Koh; Wu‐Chul Song
• Keywords: Aged, 80 and over; Male; 03 medical and health sciences; Imaging, Three-Dimensional; 0302 clinical medicine; Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; Humans; Seminal Vesicles; Aged

Abstract The seminal vesicles are the glands of male reproductive organs that produce fluid and nutrient constituents semen. It has been believed for a long time lumen vesicle was single‐coiled tubular structure with irregular diverticula. There several previous reports on symmetry, differences in morphological sizes classification vesicles. However, three‐dimensional‐coiled is difficult to understand using classical anatomical methodology, hence, three‐dimensional reconstruction needed lumen. Thirty‐one harvested from 21 formalin‐embalmed cadavers were investigated. along ampulla ductus deferens separated, length width each measured. then embedded coloured paraffin, resulting paraffin block sectioned transversely photographed at an interval 500 μm, surfaces utilized performed by ‘Reconstruct’ software. mean 39.4 mm 13.4 mm, respectively, right little larger than one left. size differed reports, while luminal similar Aboul‐azm (Archives Andrology, 3, 1979, 287–292) but Pereira (AJR. American Journal Roentgenology, 69, 1953, 361–379). typically comprised about 9 curls had 12 resembled skein coral rather comprising single strand. These findings will help improving understanding pathophysiologies vesicles, such as recurrent inflammation gland.