title: A case of liver cirrhosis with an unusual portosystemic shunt via the right testicular vein.
abstract: We report a case of liver cirrhosis with a rare portosystemic shunt via the right testicular vein. Angiographic examination demonstrated two major hepatofugal collateral pathways. First, the enlarged and tortous left gastric and short gastric veins which drain into the left renal vein after forming varices in the stomach. Second, the superior mesenteric vein forms the large mesenteric varices which drain into the inferior vena cava via the enlarged right testicular vein, which is a very rare shunt.
authors.affiliation: Third Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sakai
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sakamoto
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nawata
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Imamura
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hirose
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008103:Liver Cirrhosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008297:Male; D008642:Mesenteric Veins / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D010690:Phlebography; D013737:Testis / Q000098:blood supply*; D014648:Varicose Veins / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology