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Zinner Syndrome Versus Herlyn-Werner-Wunderlich Syndrome; Rare Congenital Genitourinary Malformations and Literature Review


1 Department of Radiology, Medical Faculty, Yuzuncu Yıl University, Van, Türkiye 
2 Department of Urology, Medical Faculty, Yuzuncu Yıl University, Van, Türkiye


DOI : 10.33719/nju1421307
New J Urol. 2024;19(2):95-102.

Abstract

Zinner Syndrome (ZS) and Herlyn-Werner-Wunderlich Syndrome (HWWS) are congenital genitourinary anomalies accompanied by ipsilateral renal agenesis. These syndromes, which can cause symptoms such as infertility, pelvic pain, and bladder irritation, can be diagnosed by digital rectal examination, transrectal and abdominal ultrasonography (US), Computer Tomography (CT) and more ideally Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Similar physiopathological processes are observed in both syndromes and urogenital malformations accompany renal agenesis. We aimed to discuss the three cases of ZS in men and two HWWS  cases in women, which are rarely observed in the literature.

Keywords: Zinner syndrome, Herlyn-Werner-Wunderlich syndrome, Seminal vesicle cysts, renal agenesis, mullerian duct anomaly, blind hemivagina, uterus didelfis


Abstract

Zinner Syndrome (ZS) and Herlyn-Werner-Wunderlich Syndrome (HWWS) are congenital genitourinary anomalies accompanied by ipsilateral renal agenesis. These syndromes, which can cause symptoms such as infertility, pelvic pain, and bladder irritation, can be diagnosed by digital rectal examination, transrectal and abdominal ultrasonography (US), Computer Tomography (CT) and more ideally Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Similar physiopathological processes are observed in both syndromes and urogenital malformations accompany renal agenesis. We aimed to discuss the three cases of ZS in men and two HWWS  cases in women, which are rarely observed in the literature.

Keywords: Zinner syndrome, Herlyn-Werner-Wunderlich syndrome, Seminal vesicle cysts, renal agenesis, mullerian duct anomaly, blind hemivagina, uterus didelfis