A case of liver cirrhosis with an unusual portosystemic shunt via the right testicular vein

Hepatogastroenterology. 1992 Jun;39(3):280-1.

Abstract

We report a case of liver cirrhosis with a rare portosystemic shunt via the right testicular vein. Angiographic examination demonstrated two major hepatofugal collateral pathways. First, the enlarged and tortous left gastric and short gastric veins which drain into the left renal vein after forming varices in the stomach. Second, the superior mesenteric vein forms the large mesenteric varices which drain into the inferior vena cava via the enlarged right testicular vein, which is a very rare shunt.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Humans
  • Liver Cirrhosis / diagnostic imaging
  • Liver Cirrhosis / physiopathology*
  • Male
  • Mesenteric Veins* / diagnostic imaging
  • Middle Aged
  • Phlebography
  • Testis / blood supply*
  • Varicose Veins / diagnostic imaging
  • Varicose Veins / physiopathology