Open AccessDoes right-sided varicocele indicate a right-sided kidney tumor?
Author(s) -
Miguel Bonfitto,
Leandro Shogo Matuy Kimura,
José María Pereira de Godoy,
Miguel Zeratti Filho,
Luís César Fava Spessoto,
Fernando Nestor Fácio
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
archivio italiano di urologia 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.