2023
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
2017
Pre-operative renal artery embolization and suprarenal IVC filter placement for prevention of fat embolization in renal angiomyolipoma with venous extension
Cornman-Homonoff J, Li D, Schiffman M. Pre-operative renal artery embolization and suprarenal IVC filter placement for prevention of fat embolization in renal angiomyolipoma with venous extension. Clinical Imaging 2017, 43: 24-27. PMID: 28167283, DOI: 10.1016/j.clinimag.2017.01.012.Peer-Reviewed Case Reports and Technical NotesConceptsRenal artery embolizationFat embolizationArtery embolizationSuprarenal IVC filter placementAdverse operative outcomesPulmonary fat embolizationInferior vena cavaIVC filter placementSuprarenal IVC filterOperative outcomesSurgical resectionTumor thrombusRenal AMLIntraoperative hemorrhageRadical nephrectomyRenal angiomyolipomaRenal veinVenous invasionVenous extensionVena cavaFilter placementIVC filtersEmbolizationAngiomyolipomaRisk