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Prostatic venous plexus

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Prostatic venous plexus
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The prostatic veins form a well-marked prostatic plexus which lies partly in the fascial sheath of the prostate and partly between the sheath and the prostatic capsule.[citation needed] It collects blood from the prostate, and (via the v. dorsalis profunda clitoridis) the corpora cavernosa of penis.[1] It communicates with the pudendal and vesical plexuses.[citation needed]

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It is sometimes known as "Santorini's plexus", named for the Italian anatomist Giovanni Domenico Santorini.

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Clinical significance

The prostatic venous plexus drains into the internal iliac vein which in turn connects with the vertebral venous plexus; this is thought to be the route of bone metastasis of prostate cancer.[2]

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