Ultrasound-Guided Percutaneous Antegrade Varicocele Embolization with Cyanoacrylate Glue as an Alternative to the Standard Retrograde Approach.
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Date publication
juin 2020
Journal
Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland)
Auteurs
Membres identifiés du Cancéropôle Est :
Pr LOFFROY Romaric
Tous les auteurs :
Chevallier O, Pellegrinelli J, Guillen K, Loffroy R
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Résumé
We report a case of a 29-year-old male referred to our hospital for endovascular treatment of a left-sided painful varicocele. Standard retrograde embolization via the left renal vein was not possible because of the presence of a left circum-aortic renal vein making the catheterization of the testicular vein not feasible. The patient was successfully treated via ultrasound-guided percutaneous antegrade access of the testicular vein at the inguinal level with subsequent cyanoacrylate glue embolization as a minimally invasive alternative to surgical therapy. This is a new approach to varicocele embolization when the left renal vein does not feed the varicocele.
Mots clés
cyanoacrylate glue, embolization, testicular vein, varicocele, venous intervention
Référence
Diagnostics (Basel). 2020 Jun 25;10(6):