Migration of intravascular balloon after percutaneous embolotherapy of varicocele.
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.
Matthews
R D
RD
Department of Urology, Naval Hospital, San Diego, California.
Roberts
J
J
Walker
W A
WA
Sands
J P
JP
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*