Ultrasound-Guided Percutaneous Antegrade Varicocele Embolization with Cyanoacrylate Glue as an Alternative to the Standard Retrograde Approach

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TitreUltrasound-Guided Percutaneous Antegrade Varicocele Embolization with Cyanoacrylate Glue as an Alternative to the Standard Retrograde Approach
Type de publicationJournal Article
Year of Publication2020
AuteursChevallier O, Pellegrinelli J, Guillen K, Loffroy R
JournalDIAGNOSTICS
Volume10
Pagination432
Date PublishedJUN
Type of ArticleEditorial Material
Mots-clésCyanoacrylate glue, embolization, testicular vein, Varicocele, venous intervention
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.

DOI10.3390/diagnostics10060432