[Glycosaminoglycans dysbolism in pathogenesis of idiopathic varicocele].

Ultrasound dopplerography (UD) was used to examine 50 patients with idiopathic varicocele (IV) and 20 healthy subjects. Such parameters were assessed as age, severity of IV, its duration, scrotal vessels UD data, vein diameter of the pampiniform plexus on the left, reflux at the height of the Valsalva test, uronic acids (UA), glycosaminoglycanes (GAG) and their fractions (hialuronic acid--HA, chondroitin sulphates--CS, heparansulphates--HS). UA and GAG fraction composition was studied with ion exchange chromatography.