title: Acute right varicocele: a clue to congenital vascular anomaly.
abstract: Workup of acute unilateral right varicocele should encompass imaging to look for abdominal and retroperitoneal pathology, as well as congenital vascular anomalies. Management of the acute symptomatic varicocele due to upstream venous thrombosis should be primarily medical, with initiation of anticoagulation and early involvement of our hematology colleagues.
authors: Department of Urology, Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University, Chicago, IL. Electronic address: amanda-chi@northwestern.edu.
authors: Amanda C
authors: AC
authors: Chi
authors: Department of Urology, Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University, Chicago, IL.
authors: John C
authors: JC
authors: Hairston
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012611:Scrotum / Q000098:blood supply; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000150:complications; D014646:Varicocele / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior / Q000002:abnormalities*