%0 Journal Article
%T Ultrasound-Guided Percutaneous Antegrade Varicocele Embolization with Cyanoacrylate Glue as an Alternative to the Standard Retrograde Approach.
%A Chevallier O
%A Pellegrinelli J
%A Guillen K
%A Loffroy R
%J Diagnostics (Basel)
%V 10
%N 6
%D Jun 2020 25
%M 32630568
%F 3.992
%R 10.3390/diagnostics10060432
%X We report a case of a 29-year-old male referred to our hospital for endovascular treatment of a left-sided painful varicocele. Standard retrograde embolization via the left renal vein was not possible because of the presence of a left circum-aortic renal vein making the catheterization of the testicular vein not feasible. The patient was successfully treated via ultrasound-guided percutaneous antegrade access of the testicular vein at the inguinal level with subsequent cyanoacrylate glue embolization as a minimally invasive alternative to surgical therapy. This is a new approach to varicocele embolization when the left renal vein does not feed the varicocele.