Varicocele: Ultrasonographic assessment in daily clinical practice.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Varicoceles are abnormal dilatations of the pampiniform venous plexus. They are classified as primary or secondary, depending on their cause, and staged clinically on the basis of their extension and on the presence or the absence of spontaneous or induced reversal of blood flow.

Materials and methods

We examined 95 patients (age range: 3-77 years) using Color Doppler ultrasound with settings optimized for the study of slow flow. All patients found to have varicoceles underwent ultrasonographic assessment of the kidneys and retroperitoneum. Findings were classified with a simplified version of the Sarteschi system.

Results

41 (43.1%) of the patients were found to have varicoceles, which were classified as grade 1 in 11 cases, grade 2 in 13, grade 3 in 10,

SUBMITTER: Pauroso S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3558097 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature