On ultrasound, seminal vesicles appear as hypoechoic structures in which location relative to the prostate and urinary bladder?

On ultrasound, seminal vesicles appear as hypoechoic structures in which location relative to the prostate and urinary bladder?

• A. Superior to the prostate and posterior to the bladder
• B. Inferior to the prostate
• C. Anterior to the bladder
• D. Lateral to the prostate

Answer: (A)

Seminal vesicles sit just behind the bladder and above the prostate. That arrangement makes them appear on ultrasound as paired hypoechoic structures located superior to the prostate and posterior to the urinary bladder. In sagittal views, you’ll see the bladder in front, the seminal vesicles behind it, and the prostate below, which is why this is the correct position. The other options place the vesicles in locations that don’t match their anatomical relationship to these two structures.

Seminal vesicles sit just behind the bladder and above the prostate. That arrangement makes them appear on ultrasound as paired hypoechoic structures located superior to the prostate and posterior to the urinary bladder. In sagittal views, you’ll see the bladder in front, the seminal vesicles behind it, and the prostate below, which is why this is the correct position. The other options place the vesicles in locations that don’t match their anatomical relationship to these two structures.