title: Idiopathic renal vein varicosities. Presentation of two cases and a brief review of the literature.
abstract: Two cases of idiopathic peripelvic renal vein varicosities are reported. From a literature review the aethilogy, incidence, symptomatology, radiographic appearance and treatment of this lesion is elucidated. The importance of selective renal vein phlebography in the evaluation of unexplained hematuria and filing defects in the excretory urogram is illustrated.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010690:Phlebography; D012082:Renal Veins / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014648:Varicose Veins / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000628:therapy