Large left varicocele in a patient with portal hypertension treated via transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt placement and both variceal and varicocele embolization
Megahed A, Schlachter T, Cornman-Homonoff J. Large left varicocele in a patient with portal hypertension treated via transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt placement and both variceal and varicocele embolization. BMC Urology 2023, 23: 94. PMID: 37189067, PMCID: PMC10184390, DOI: 10.1186/s12894-023-01268-9.Peer-Reviewed Case Reports and Technical NotesConceptsVaricocele embolizationPortal hypertensionLeft varicoceleCirrhosis/portal hypertensionIntrahepatic portosystemic shunt placementTransjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt placementTransjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shuntAlcohol-related cirrhosisLeft renal veinPortosystemic shunt placementPresence of varicesHistory of cirrhosisIntrahepatic portosystemic shuntContrast-enhanced CTConclusionIn patientsGastric varicesPortosystemic collateralsRare presentationRenal veinShunt placementCase presentationWePortosystemic shuntSplenic veinVariceal embolizationTesticular vein