X-ray findings on the testicular artery in varicocele

X-ray findings on the internal testicular artery following abdominal aortography are described. A group of 32 patients with left-sided varicocele were examined. The course of internal testicular artery was visualized in 27 patients. In 5 sterile patients prolonged filling of the left internal testicular artery up to the venous phase of the abdominal aortography has been observed. The non-physiological courses of the artery are described.