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Nutcracker syndrome due to left renal vein compression by an aberrant right renal artery

Michele FigueraAntonio GranataMassimo MidiriDimitrios TsetisGiacomo CalcaraF. CoppolinoMaria Teresa PattiAntonio Basile

subject

Malemedicine.medical_specialtyAdolescentrenal veinConstriction Pathologicurologic and male genital diseasesInferior vena cavaRenal VeinsNutcracker syndromeRenal ArteryFibrinolytic Agentsmedicine.arterymedicineHumansRight Renal ArterySuperior mesenteric arteryRenal arteryVeinLeft renal vein entrapment syndromeHematuriaAortabusiness.industryPhlebographySyndromemedicine.diseaseNutcracker syndromeProteinuriamedicine.anatomical_structuremedicine.veinNephrologycardiovascular systemstentRadiologybusinessorthostatic proteinuria

description

Classic nutcracker syndrome is caused by left renal vein compression between the superior mesenteric artery and aorta, leading to retrograde venous hypertension associated with such urinary abnormalities as hematuria or proteinuria. We describe a case of symptomatic nutcracker syndrome treated by means of stent placement in which hypertension in the left renal vein was caused by stenosis of this vein compressed by an aberrant right renal artery at a point closer to the inferior vena cava.

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2007-01-01
10.1053/j.ajkd.2007.05.016http://hdl.handle.net/10447/46961