Does right-sided varicocele indicate a right-sided kidney tumor? | Zendy

Miguel Bonfitto | Zendy; Leandro Shogo Matuy Kimura | Zendy; José Maria Pereira de Godoy | Zendy; Miguel Zeratti Filho | Zendy; Luís César Fava Spessoto | Zendy; Fernando Nestor Fácio | Zendy

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Does right-sided varicocele indicate a right-sided kidney tumor?

Author(s) -

Miguel Bonfitto,

Leandro Shogo Matuy Kimura,

José Maria Pereira de Godoy,

Miguel Zeratti Filho,

Luís César Fava Spessoto,

Fernando Nestor Fácio

Publication year - 2019

Publication title -

archivio italiano di urologia e andrologia

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.429

H-Index - 23

eISSN - 2282-4197

pISSN - 1124-3562

DOI - 10.4081/aiua.2019.1.53

Subject(s) - varicocele , medicine , scrotum , venous plexus , kidney , radiology , surgery , infertility , biology , pregnancy , genetics

Varicocele is a dilation of the pampiniform venous plexus, mainly affecting the left side of the scrotum. In rare cases, however, the right side is affected. When this occurs, a retroperitoneal disease should be suspected, such as right-sided renal neoplasm. The present case report highlights the importance of right-sided varicocele in the diagnostic investigation of neoplasm of the right kidney.

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