Seminal vesiculography in chronic bacterial prostatitis.

A total of 15 patients with proved chronic bacterial prostatitis underwent bilateral seminal vesiculography to determine the morphological appearance of the seminal vesicles and the ampulla ducti deferentis in this condition. A pathological condition, such as segmental stenosis or complete shriveling of the seminal vesicles, was obvious in 21 of 24 vesiculograms (87.5 per cent), while malformations of the ampulla were seen in 7 (29.1 per cent). The role of chronic bacterial prostatitis as an important pathogenetic factor in the history of epididymo-orchitis is discussed.