TITLE:
Unusual Drainage of the Right Testicular Vein: A Case Report
AUTHORS:
Seth Gardner
KEYWORDS:
Testicular Veins, Gonadal Veins, Renal Veins, Varicocele
JOURNAL NAME:
Case Reports in Clinical Medicine,
Vol.4 No.6,
June
15,
2015
ABSTRACT: Routine dissection was carried out on a 75-year-old male cadaver and the drainage pattern of the testicular veins was identified and photographed. Dissection showed that the right testicular vein demonstrated an abnormal drainage pattern by terminating into the right renal vein. The left testicular vein demonstrated a normal drainage pattern by terminating into the left renal vein. The unusual drainage of the right testicular vein into the right renal vein may complicate hemodynamics thus causing a varicocele. Complications of a varicocele could lead to testis atrophy and/or infertility. Knowing the anatomical variants of the testicular veins drainage pattern may help the surgeon avoid potential complications during routine laparoscopic procedures and may also uncover a reason for male infertility.