Female "varicocele": two cases diagnosed by labeled red blood cell angioscintigraphy and treated by percutaneous phlebography and embolization.
Clin Nucl Med
; 23(7): 420-2, 1998 Jul.
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| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-9676944
ABSTRACT
Varicocele, a varicosity of the gonadal venous plexus, is a well-recognized disorder occurring in up to 10% of men. In women, an analogous varicosity of the salpingo-ovarian plexus is rare. This may be explained, in part, by the lack of obvious findings on clinical examination in women compared with men and the need, until recently, to use invasive venographic methods to confirm the diagnosis. Two cases of "female varicocele" diagnosed by means of echo Doppler and Tc-99m red blood cell scintigraphy and their cure by percutaneous phlebographic occlusion of the ovarian venous varicosity are described.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Ovary
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Varicose Veins
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Technetium
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Radiopharmaceuticals
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Embolization, Therapeutic
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Erythrocytes
Type of study:
Diagnostic_studies
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Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
Limits:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Language:
En
Journal:
Clin Nucl Med
Year:
1998
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Italy