title: Migration of intravascular balloon after percutaneous embolotherapy of varicocele.
abstract: Migration of an intravascular balloon following embolic therapy for varicocele is uncommon. A third case is reported of migration of a left internal spermatic vein embolic balloon to the right lung in an otherwise healthy twenty-five-year-old male who was treated for a symptomatic left varicocele. The patient, a student naval aviator in the jet pilot program, has had his career adversely affected by this complication.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Naval Hospital, San Diego, California.
authors.forename: R D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Matthews
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Roberts
authors.forename: W A
authors.initials: WA
authors.lastname: Walker
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Sands
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000337:Aerospace Medicine; D002404:Catheterization / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung; D008297:Male; D012008:Recurrence; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014646:Varicocele / Q000628:therapy*