Anatomy of the Venous Drainage of the Human Testis: Testicular
Vein Cast, Microdissection and Radiographic Demonstration

Wishahi, Mohamed

doi:10.1159/000471687

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“…This result is incompatible with the observations of Wishahi [22], who considered the communications to be a standard finding. The communications connect the portal venous system (colonic veins) with the systemic system (testicular and ureteral veins), and may be of clinical importance in patients with portal venous system hypertension.…”

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confidence: 95%

“…LTV valves were absent in 40% of the LTVs examined postmortem by Ahlberb et al [2]. However, Wishahi [22] claimed that there are no valves in LTV. The present study demonstrated LTV valves at the inguinal level in 100% of the cases, at the pelvic level in 67%, and at the lumbar level in 63 % .…”

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confidence: 96%

“…In almost all cases, the latter veins finally form one terminal trunk that empties into the left renal vein. The presence of more than one LTV is consistent with the findings of previous studies [5, 141. The division of the main LTV into medial and lateral branches at the lumbar level was determined in a previous report [22]. However, in that study the author considered the bifurcation of the LTV to be a constant finding.…”

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“…The communications connect the portal venous system (colonic veins) with the systemic system (testicular and ureteral veins), and may be of clinical importance in patients with portal venous system hypertension. Schistosomal worms seem to move from the portal to the systemic venous system via the anastomoses and cause schistosomiasis of the upper ureter [22].…”

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“…Some studies indicated more extensive channels for the testicular venous drainage [22] or the presence of more than one LTV [5, 141. The objective of the present study was to investigate the course and number of LTVs and their anastomotic branches. The presence or absence of valves inside the LTV was also determined.…”

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Anatomical Characteristics of the Left Testicular Venous System in Man

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Miyagawa

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Autopsy was performed on 49 male cadavers and the entire course of the left testicular vein (LTV) was studied. The testicular venous pathway was divided into four levels: scrotal, inguinal, pelvic, and lumbar. At the scrotal level, many small testicular veins constituting the pampiniform plexus showed various anastomoses with the cremasteric and vasal veins. At the inguinal and pelvic level, 4-12 and 2-8 LTVs were recognized, respectively. At the pelvic level, absence of valves was seen in 33% of the cases. At the lumbar level, 1-5 LTVs were observed and were mainly anastomosed with the retroperitoneal, ureteral, and kidney capsular veins. Absence of valves at the lumbar level was seen in 37% of the cases. In 11 cases, the valves that were present were incompetent. The presence of more than one LTV at the lumbar level indicates the necessity for attentive identification of all of the testicular veins during surgical treatment of varicocele.

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Varicocele and its Role in Male Infertility

Jequier

2000

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Unusual drainage of the testicular veins

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An unusual drainage of the testicular veins was found during routine cadaveric dissection. Specifically, the lateral division of each testicular vein on both left and right sides was found to drain into the subcostal veins. No other anomalies of the veins of the abdomen were found. Knowledge of the many anomalies that can potentially occur in the abdominal region is necessary in interpretation of images of this anatomical area. Additionally, knowledge of these variations is important surgically; for example, anomalous veins that ought to be ligated during surgery for varicocele go unnoticed and result in recurrence of the varicocele.

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Anatomy of the Venous Drainage of the Human Testis: Testicular Vein Cast, Microdissection and Radiographic Demonstration

Cited by 54 publications

References 13 publications

Anatomical Characteristics of the Left Testicular Venous System in Man

Anatomical Characteristics of the Left Testicular Venous System in Man

Varicocele and its Role in Male Infertility

Unusual drainage of the testicular veins

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