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QuestionChoice
This drains the splenic, superior mesenteric and inferior mesenteric veins.
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e
Hepatic portal vein
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The left testicular vein drains into the left renal vein, which then drains into the inferior vena cava. Hence, it is possible for a left-sided renal cancer to present as a left-sided varicocele.
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a
Left renal vein
QuestionChoice
These drain the right common iliac vein and then drain into the inferior vena cava directly.
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d
Lumbar veins
QuestionChoice
The left testicular vein branches off higher up (more proximally) than the common iliac due to embryological origins.
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c
Left common iliac vein
QuestionChoice
The right testicular vein drains straight into the inferior vena cava, but the left drains into the left renal vein first.
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b
Inferior vena cava
Concept
Chapter
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Varicocele
Topic
179
Vascular Surgery
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A 60-year-old gentleman has a left-sided varicocele.

What does the left testicular vein drain into?
a