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The ovarian vein, the female gonadal vein, carries deoxygenated blood from its corresponding ovary to inferior vena cava or one of its tributaries. It is the female equivalent of the testicular vein, and is the venous counterpart of the ovarian artery.
Ovarian vein syndrome is a rare (possibly not uncommon, certainly under-diagnosed) condition in which dilation of the ovarian vein compresses the ureter (the tube that brings the urine from the kidney to the bladder).
These are different arteries in women (ovarian vein) and men (testicular vein), but share the same embryological origin. [1] The termination of the two gonadal veins in an individual is usually asymmetrical, with the left one draining into the left renal vein, and the right one draining into the inferior vena cava.
Septic pelvic thrombophlebitis (SPT), also known as suppurative pelvic thrombophlebitis, is a rare postpartum complication which consists of a persistent postpartum fever that is not responsive to broad-spectrum antibiotics, in which pelvic infection leads to infection of the vein wall and intimal damage leading to thrombogenesis in the ovarian veins (left or right, although right is more ...
Right ovarian vein; Right testicular vein. Pampiniform plexus; Common iliac vein. Median sacral vein; Iliolumbar vein; Internal iliac vein. Superior gluteal veins;
Why does ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome occur? OHSS is a potential side effect of stimulating the ovaries to produce multiple eggs at the same time either during the first part of an IVF cycle ...
From ancient history to the modern day, the clitoris has been discredited, dismissed and deleted -- and women's pleasure has often been left out of the conversation entirely. Now, an underground art movement led by artist Sophia Wallace is emerging across the globe to challenge the lies, question the myths and rewrite the rules around sex and the female body.
Sometimes it can drain in the external pudendal vein (which can communicate with an ovarian vein) and be the reason of a varicose disease of the thigh secondary to pelvic varicose disease. [1] At the superior 1/3 of the thigh it is located under the superficial fascia, like the GSV, but becomes very superficial below this level. [ 2 ]