Open AccessSuperimposition of nutcracker syndrome in a haematuric child with Henoch‐Schönlein purpura
Author(s) -
Shin J. I.,
Park J. M.,
Shin Y. H.,
Lee J. S.,
Kim M. J.
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
international journal of clinical practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.756
H-Index - 98
eISSN - 1742-1241
pISSN - 1368-5031
DOI - 10.1111/j.1742-1241.2005.00590.x
Subject(s) - medicine , nutcracker syndrome , henoch schonlein purpura , purpura (gastropod) , vasculitis , urinary system , dermatology , left renal vein , disease , inferior vena cava , ecology , biology
Summary We report a child with Henoch‐Schönlein purpura (HSP) who had shown persistent microscopic haematuria for 26 months and was found to have nutcracker syndrome by renal Doppler ultrasound. Haematuria subsided in accordance with radiological improvement of nutcracker syndrome. These findings suggest that the origin of urinary abnormalities in patients with HSP may not always be due to the renal involvement of vasculitis.