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Compression of left inferior vena cava: A form of nutcracker syndrome
Author(s) -
Fitoz Suat,
Yalcinkaya Fatos
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
journal of clinical ultrasound
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.272
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 1097-0096
pISSN - 0091-2751
DOI - 10.1002/jcu.20365
Subject(s) - medicine , nutcracker syndrome , left renal vein , inferior vena cava , radiology , renal vein , vena cava , surgery , kidney
Left renal vein hypertension has been described in the literature as a cause of persistant hematuria. We report a case of nutcracker syndrome with hematuria involving the left inferior vena cava diagnosed with Doppler sonography and MRI. © 2007 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Clin Ultrasound, 2008
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