[The role of venous drainage in uro-genital pathology]

Minerva Urol Nefrol. 1991 Jan-Mar;43(1):1-18.
[Article in Italian]

Abstract

Problems of venous hemodynamics underlie several uro-andrological conditions, such as idiopathic or acquired varicocele, erective impairment from venous leakage, intercaval collateral pathways induction from venous obstructive processes (thrombosis, embolism, external caval compression). Particularly, the renal venous thrombosis seems to be ascribed to a primary membranous glomerulo-nephritis rather than to a reverse mechanism. Moreover, the caval obstruction proximal to the hepatic confluence can induce a portal system's impairment, such as in the Budd-Chiari syndrome. Some diagnostics (US, RX-CT, RM-CT) afford to day a better evidence of the underlying venous imbalances in the aforesaid conditions.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Female Urogenital Diseases / diagnostic imaging
  • Female Urogenital Diseases / physiopathology*
  • Humans
  • Male Urogenital Diseases*
  • Radiography
  • Regional Blood Flow
  • Renal Circulation
  • Splanchnic Circulation
  • Veins / physiopathology