Testicular infarction: a rare complication of endovascular aneurysm repair treatment for aortoiliac aneurysm.
Endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR) is an established therapy to prevent rupture in large infrarenal abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA). As experience with this therapy has grown, treatment of more challenging anatomy has led to the identification of several new procedurally related complications. We report the case of a 67-year-old man with an asymptomatic, large infrarenal AAA with an associated left common iliac artery aneurysm. Endovascular therapy for an aortoiliac aneurysm involved prior coil embolization of his left internal iliac artery to allow conventional EVAR with extension to the external iliac artery of the left graft limb, thus excluding the left iliac aneurysm. He presented 6 weeks postoperatively with onset of left-sided scrotal pain and underwent emergency orchidectomy for ischemic infarction of his left testis. The histology report confirmed that the left testis was necrotic secondary to a thrombus in the testicular artery. To our knowledge, this is the first report of testicular infarction after EVAR.
Regional Vascular Surgery Unit, Royal Victoria Hospital Belfast, Belfast Health & Social Care Trust, Northern Ireland.
Adrian J
AJ
McKenna
Ivancarmine
I
Gambardella
Anton
A
Collins
Denis W
DW
Harkin
D000368:Aged; D017544:Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D001027:Aortography / Q000379:methods; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000295:instrumentation; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic; D006801:Humans; D017543:Iliac Aneurysm / Q000601:surgery*; D007238:Infarction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D009919:Orchiectomy; D010146:Pain / Q000209:etiology; D015607:Stents; D013737:Testis / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000601:surgery; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome