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Case Reports
. 2016 Apr 4:2016:bcr2016215206.
doi: 10.1136/bcr-2016-215206.

Urethro-venous intravasation: a rare complication of retrograde urethrogram

Ankur Bansal  1 , Manoj Kumar  1 , Sunny Goel  1 , Ruchir Aeron  1
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Case Reports

Urethro-venous intravasation: a rare complication of retrograde urethrogram

Ankur Bansal et al. BMJ Case Rep. .
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Figure 1
Retrograde urethrogram showing dense intravasation and a cavernosogram and spongiogram showing deep dorsal vein of penis along with pelvic vasculature.
Figure 2
Figure 2
Retrograde urethrogram, apart from delineating just the urethra, also showing stricture at the level of the bulbar urethra with intravasation of contrast into the peno-pelvic venous arcade.
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