Interventional Radiology - Case Report 2016

Pregnancy after embolization of an ovarian varicocele associated with infertility: report of two cases

10.4261/1305-3825.DIR.2716-09.3

  • Pavel Tarazov
  • Kirill Prozorovskij
  • Svetlana Rumiantseva

Received Date: 09.03.2009 Accepted Date: 26.07.2009 Diagn Interv Radiol 2011;17(2):174-176

We describe two cases of left-sided ovarian varicocele in patients with infertility. Pregnancy occurred in both women after successful retrograde venous embolization. Ovarian varicocele may be associated with infertility in some patients.

Keywords: veins • ovary • varicocele • infertility • therapeutic embolization • pregnancy