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Table 1 Description of characteristics of all available cases, reported till day, in chronological order

From: Bilateral spontaneous thrombosis of the pampiniform plexus mimicking incarcerated inguinal hernia: case report of a rare condition and literature review

Serial no.

Age (years)

Location of lesion

Onset of pain

Predisposing factors

Diagnosis (provisional)

Investigations

Management

Publication year and author

1

NA

Left

NA

NA

Orchitis

None

NA

1903, Senn [7]

2

NA

NA

“Sudden”

None

Thrombosis

None

Excision

1904, Senn [8]

3

41

Left

5 weeks

None

Orchitis

None

Orchidectomy

1935, Mc Gavin [9]

4

57

Left

4 weeks

None

Orchitis

None

Orchidectomy

1935, Mc Gavin [9]

5

27

Left

16 h

None

NA

None

Vein biopsy

1977, Anseline [10]

6

7

Left

NA

None

NA

Venography

Exploration

1980, Coolsaet and Weinberg [11]

7

10

Left

NA

None

Thrombosis

Venography

NSAID

1980, Coolsaet and Weinberg [11]

8

15

Left

11 days

Walking

NA

None

Excision

1980, Coolsaet and Weinberg [11]

9

33

Left

10 days

None

Incarcerated hernia

IVP

Excision

1981, Vincent and Bokinsky [12]

10

44

Right

“Hours”

Playing sports

Inguinal mass

None

Excision

1981, Rothman [13]

11

33

Left

NA

Varicocele

NA

None

Excision

1985, Roach et al. [14]

12

42

Contralateral

1 week

None

Incarcerated hernia

IVP, cavogram CT scan

Excision

1985, Roach et al. [14]

13

23

Left

“Hours”

Heavy weight lifting

Incarcerated hernia

Doppler USG

Excision

1990, Isenberg et al. [15]

14

19

Left

“Hours”

Vigorous exercise

Incarcerated hernia

None

Excision

1993, Gleason et al. [16]

15

27

Left

2–3 h

Heavy weight lifting

Incarcerated hernia

None

Exploration

2006, Hashimoto et al. [2]

16

33

Left

3 days

Cycling

Thrombosis

Doppler USG

NSAID

2009, Doerfler et al. [17]

17

NA

Contralateral

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

2010, Kayes et al. [18]

18

28

Left

14 days

Nutcracker syndrome

NA

Doppler USG, CT scan

Excision

2014, Mallat et al. [19]

19

43

Right

2 days

Absence IVC, mutation factor V Leiden

NA

Doppler USG, CT scan

Anticoagulation

2015, Chi and Hairston [20]

20

39

Contralateral

3 days

Infection protein C deficiency

Thrombosis

Doppler USG, CT Scan

Antibiotics anticoagulant

2018, Kamel et al. [6]

21 (present case)

65

Bilateral

1 day

Heavy weight lifting

Incarcerated hernia

Doppler USG, MRI, CT scan blood test

NSAID

2020, Bakshi S

  1. NA no available information, IVP intra-venous pyelogram, CT scan computed tomography scan, IVC inferior vena cava