Luísa Amado Costa, André Peixoto, Luís Vítor, José Fonseca Santos
Portuguese journal of cardiac thoracic and vascular surgery 2021 Apr 0832 years-old female patient presented with lumbar pain. Computed tomography revealed varicosity of the communicating vein between the left renal vein and the left ascending lumbar vein. This entity may pose technical difficulties during aortoiliac surgeries and renal surgeries as iatrogenic injury of this vessel may cause life- -threatening retroperitoneal hemorrhage.
Luísa Amado Costa, André Peixoto, Luís Vítor, José Fonseca Santos. VARICOSITY OF THE COMMUNICATING VEIN BETWEEN THE LEFT RENAL VEIN AND THE LEFT ASCENDING LUMBAR VEIN. Portuguese journal of cardiac thoracic and vascular surgery. 2021 Apr 08;28(1):71-72
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