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Nutcracker syndrome

World Journal of Nephrology, 2014
The nutcracker phenomenon [left renal vein (LRV) entrapment syndrome] refers to compression of the LRV most commonly between abdominal aorta and superior mesenteric artery. Term of nutcracker syndrome (NCS) is used for patients with clinical symptoms associated with nutcracker anatomy.
Kaan, Gulleroglu, Basak, Gulleroglu, Esra, Baskin   +2 more
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Superior Mesenteric Artery Syndrome Combined with Renal Nutcracker Syndrome in a Young Male: A Case Report

The Korean Journal of Gastroenterology, 2017
Superior mesenteric artery (SMA) syndrome is one of the rare causes of small bowel obstruction. It develops following a marked decrease in the angle between SMA and the abdominal aorta due to weight loss, anatomical anomalies, or following surgeries ...
Myung Jin Oh
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Nutcracker Syndrome: A Single-Center Experience

Case Reports in Nephrology and Dialysis, 2021
Nutcracker syndrome, whose prevalence and natural history are still poorly known, is a clinical syndrome caused by left renal vein compression between the superior mesenteric artery and the aorta.
Clara Pardinhas, Carmén do Carmo, Clara Gomes, Luís Escada, Rui Alves   +4 more
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Management and diagnosis of Nutcracker syndrome-a case report

Urology Case Reports, 2020
Nutcracker syndrome (NCS), also known as left renal vein (LRV) entrapment syndrome is a condition that leads to stenosis of the aorto-mesenteric region of the LRV, with dilatation of the distal portion of the vessel.
P.P. Genov, I.V. Kirilov, I.A. Hristova, N.H. Kolev, V.R. Dunev, B.A. Stoykov   +5 more
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The ultrasound findings in a rare case of Nutcracker syndrome, Wilkie's syndrome, and Dunbar syndrome combination

Journal of Medical Ultrasound, 2023
Vascular compression syndromes represent a group of rare and poorly understood diseases. Dunbar syndrome (DS) is caused by the median arcuate ligament of diaphragm originating lower than normal and causing compression of celiac artery.
Isabella Pennisi, Renato Farina, Pietro Valerio Foti, Antonio Basile   +3 more
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Nutcracker syndrome in adolescent with perineal pain

Radiology Case Reports, 2018
Nutcracker phenomenon is the descriptor for a patient's anatomy whenever the left renal vein becomes compressed between the abdominal aorta and the superior mesenteric artery.
Kathleen Boyer, DO, Eamon Filan, DO, Brian Ching, DO, Veronica Rooks, MD, Dwight Kellicut, MD   +4 more
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Combined Nutcracker and Ehlers-Danlos Syndromes: A Case Report

EJVES Vascular Forum, 2020
Introduction: Nutcracker syndrome refers to the clinical manifestations of left renal vein compression between the superior mesenteric artery and the abdominal aorta, causing urinary changes and low back pain.
Alexandre Campos Moraes Amato, Arthur Ethan Cardoso da Silva, Isabela Moraes Bernal, Julia Cuginotti de Oliveira, Maísa Di Paschoal Almeida Ribeiro, Priscila Souza Schinzari, Ricardo Virgínio dos Santos   +6 more
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A Case of the Nutcracker Syndrome Developed after Delivery

Case Reports in Urology, 2014
We report a case of nutcracker syndrome that developed after delivery. A 32-year-old woman visited our clinic complaining of gross hematuria 4 months after delivery. Urethrocystoscopic examination failed to show hematuria coming from the ureteral orifice;
Koji Tsumura, Kanae Yoshida, Sachi Yamamoto, Sayuri Takahashi, Katsuyuki Iida, Yutaka Enomoto   +5 more
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Nutcracker syndrome

Medicina, 2019
Nutcracker syndrome is a vascular anomaly consisting in the compression of the left renal vein between the superior mesenteric artery and the aorta. Clinical features in nutcracker syndrome include pelvic pain, flank pain, haematuria, gonadal varices or simply asymptomatic.
Manju Kalra, Peter Gloviczki
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A simplified surgical approach for left ovarian vein transposition for the treatment of pelvic venous disease from nutcracker syndrome

Journal of Vascular Surgery Cases and Innovative Techniques, 2021
Nutcracker syndrome is becoming increasingly recognized as a cause of chronic pelvic pain. Several treatment options have been used, including renal vein or ovarian vein transposition to the more distal inferior vena cava and renal vein stenting ...
John V. White, MD, Connie Ryjewski, APN
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