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01-02-2008 | Anatomic Variations

Variations of the bilateral testicular veins: embryological and clinical considerations

Authors: Chun-Ying Yang, Hao-Gang Xue, Kumiko Tanuma, Hitoshi Ozawa

Published in: Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy | Issue 1/2008

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Variations of the bilateral testicular veins were observed during routine dissection of the posterior abdominal wall in a 77-year-old male Japanese cadaver. The right testicular vein consisted of the lateral and medial testicular veins. The right lateral testicular vein drained into the right renal vein. The right medial testicular vein accompanied the right testicular artery to ascend obliquely and drained into the left aspect of the inferior vena cava. The left testicular vein was composed of the lateral, middle and medial testicular veins. Three left testicular veins accompanied the left testicular artery to course cranially and then finally drained into the left renal vein.

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Title: Variations of the bilateral testicular veins: embryological and clinical considerations
Authors: Chun-Ying Yang
Hao-Gang Xue
Kumiko Tanuma
Hitoshi Ozawa
Publication date: 01-02-2008
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published in: Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy / Issue 1/2008
Print ISSN: 0930-1038
Electronic ISSN: 1279-8517
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00276-007-0285-2

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