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A Rare Cause of Acute Scrotal Pain: Spontaneous Thrombosis of Testicular Vein

급성 음낭 통증의 드문 원인: 고환정맥의 자발적 혈전증

  • Park, Se Hoon (Department of Radiology, Daegu Fatima Hospital) ;
  • Cho, Jae Ho (Department of Radiology, College of Medicine, Yeungnam University)
  • 박세훈 (대구파티마병원 영상의학과) ;
  • 조재호 (영남대학교 의과대학 영상의학교실)
  • Received : 2018.05.02
  • Accepted : 2018.06.27
  • Published : 2018.11.01
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Abstract

Acute scrotal pain is a common clinical symptom of urinary system and there are various causes. Among them, thrombosis of testicular vein is rare, but one of the causes of acute scrotal pain. Thrombosis is a common disease that can occur anywhere in our body. But thrombosis of testicular vein has not been reported in Korea. We report a case of thrombosis of testicular vein in a 26-years-old man with acute scrotal pain.

급성 음낭 통증은 흔히 접하는 비뇨기계 임상증상이며 다양한 원인들이 있다. 그중에 고환정맥 혈전증은 드물지만 급성 음낭 통증을 유발하는 원인 중 하나이다. 혈전증은 우리 몸 어느 곳에서나 발생할 수 있는 흔한 질환이지만 고환정맥에 발생한 혈전증은 아직까지 국내에 보고된 바가 없다. 저자들은 급성 음낭 통증으로 내원한 남자 26세 환자에서 고환정맥의 혈전증을 경험하였기에 이를 보고하는 바이다.

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