"Opening a can of worms’ : bilateral varicoceles as an indicator of underlying portal-hypertension
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Adam, Ahmed
Mamitele, Wisane Craig
Moselane, Andrew
Ismail, Farzanah
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Elsevier
Abstract
The scrotal varicocele is a common finding encountered during clinical examination. A porto-systemicshunt presenting with an associated varicocele is exceptionally rarely reported. Herein, we report such acase in an HIV positive man who presented with bilateral varicoceles. This is only the fifth case of suchan association in the world literature. A literature review and the possible underlying pathophysiologicalmechanisms of this rare association are expanded further.
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Varicocele, Portal hypertension, Portosystemic shunt
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Adam, A, Mamitele, WC, Moselane, A & Ismail, F 2016, ‘Opening a can of worms’ : bilateral varicoceles as an indicator of underlying
portal-hypertension', African Journal of Urology, vol. 22, no. 3, pp. 210-212.