Official websites use. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites. Sofia 78, Catania, Italy. Email: sandrolavignera unict. This retrospective study aimed to evaluate the US features of MAGI patients with active symptoms compared to patients without sexual, voiding, and ejaculatory dysfunction. The results of this study revealed that US criteria most frequently detected in patients with severe urinary symptoms were the presence of areas of high echogenicity almost exclusively in the periurethral prostatic zone together with the presence of single or multiple areas of acinar ectasia of the prostate.
Finally, US criterion most frequently detected in patients with severe sexual dysfunction was the dilation of the periprostatic venous plexus, suggesting the hypothesis of a possible alternative therapeutic approach.
Also, specific US signs may associate with specific symptoms. Further studies are needed to understand whether patients with specific US signs may in turn benefit from a personalized therapeutic choice.
Keywords: ejaculatory disorders, erectile dysfunction, MAGI, questionnaire, symptoms, ultrasound. Male accessory gland inflammation MAGI represents an acronym applied in clinical practice to describe the inflammations of the male accessory sex glands.
In detail, prostate, epididymis, and seminal vesicles represent the anatomical sites potentially involved. MAGI, which usually has a chronic course, is able to negatively impact on the semen quality and can associate with a wide range of symptoms.
