The IVC gets its name from its structure and location. It is the lower, or inferior, part of the vena cava—a large vein also made up of the superior vena cava that carries blood from the head ...

Background: The natural history of isolated gonadal vein thrombosis (GVT) occurring in cancer patients (pts) is not well described in the medical literature. GVT in cancer pts it is of uncertain ...

Instead, they explained that ligation of the gonadal vein seemed to be associated with the risk of pain: testicular pain developed after 13 (33%) of the 39 procedures where the gonadal vein was ...