Case Report Acute Ureteral Obstruction in a Patient Treated with Anterograde Sclero-Embolization of Persistent Varicocele after Surgical Ligation: A Possible Rare Side Effect
by Lospalluto Maria, Prontera Pier Paolo, Schiralli Francesco, Semeraro Vittorio, Utano Emanuele, Daniela Lombardi, Grossi Francesco Saverio*
Department of Urology and Interventional Radiology, SS Annunziata Hospital, Taranto Italy
*Corresponding author: Grossi Francesco Saverio, Department of Urology and Interventional Radiology, SS Annunziata Hospital, Taranto Italy
Received Date: 22 April 2024
Accepted Date: 26 April 2024
Published Date: 29 April 2024
Citation: Maria L, Paolo PP, Francesco S, Vittorio S, Emanuele U, et al (2024) Acute Ureteral Obstruction in a Patient Treated with Anterograde Sclero-Embolization of Persistent Varicocele after Surgical Ligation: A Possible Rare Side Effect. Ann Case Report. 9: 1780. https://doi.org/10.29011/2574-7754.101780
Abstract
Varicocele affects 15% of adolescents and adults and can cause pain, discomfort, and male infertility [1].Varicocele is as an abnormal dilatation of the veins of the pampiniform plexus in the spermatic cord that can be treated either by surgical approach or non-surgical techniques (i.e. sclerotherapy and embolization). Several complication of the endovascular technique have been described, such as pain, vein perforation, hematoma, hemorrahge, coil embolization, hydrocele, recurrence of varicocele [2], pampiniform plexus thrombophlebitis and allergic reactions. We present the first reported case of ureteral stricure and hematuria after anterograde varicocele sclero-embolization.