Accessory left testicular vein:A rare variation
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2016-11-30
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International Journal of Anatomy and Research
Abstract
I am reporting a case of a male cadaver, of 40 years of age. In our routine dissection in our University laboratory at Hubert Kairuki Memorial University for the first year medical students, we observed an accessory left testicular vein draining into the left renal vein. Anatomic variations of the testicular vein are frequent, especially concerning the number of left side testicular veins and the angle of termination of these veins. Normally the left testicular vein ascends almost vertically terminating in the left renal vein in a right angle, and this has been suggested to
results in a higher tendency for the left testicle to develop varicocele. This is due to the fact that gravity working on the column of blood in the left testicular vein that connects to the renal vein at a right angle. During preoperative planning of varicocele, the surgeons should not overlook the possibility of an abnormal drainage site or an accessory collateral drainage as it is in this case, because such a misdiagnosis may result in an increase of varicocele recurrence rate.
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Left accessory testicular vein, Drainage site, Varicocele
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Lufukuja, G.J., 2016. Accessory left testicular vein:a rare variation. Int J Anat Res, 4(4), pp.3079-81.