Open AccessAcute testicular vein thrombosis in a young patient with a solitary testicle: a rare urological emergency
Author(s) -
Ali Kumcu,
Ferhat Yakup Suçeken,
Metin Mod,
Alper Kerem Aksoy,
Abdurrahman İnkaya,
Eyüp Veli Küçük,
Kemal Ener
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
yeni üroloji dergisi
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2687-1955
pISSN - 1305-2489
DOI - 10.33719/yud.2021;16-2-769944
Subject(s) - medicine , thrombosis , scrotum , scrotal pain , vein , venous thrombosis , deep vein , surgery , testicle , differential diagnosis , incidence (geometry) , priapism , radiology , pathology , physics , optics
Acute scrotal pain due to testicular vein thrombosis is a rare condition. Thrombosis is defined as clot formation within the blood vessels and as a result, it interrupts the blood supply of the peripheral organs. In routine urology practice, the incidence of thromboembolic diseases is <1%, and it is mostly encountered in patients at the postoperative period. Nevertheless, testicular vein thrombosis should also be remembered in the differential diagnosis of patients admitted to the emergency department due to acute scrotum. In general, conservative treatment is the first choice in treatment management, but surgical intervention may also be required in some cases. Since the available data on this subject are based on the information obtained from case reports, a standard treatment approach should be developed by examining the current treatment methods. We aim to present the case report of testicular vein thrombosis in the light of the literature, which is one of the rarely seen emergencies of urology.Keywords: acute pain; color doppler ultrasonography; venous thrombosis; testicular diseases