Left inferior vena cava with nutcracker syndrome: A case report

Nutcracker syndrome is a condition where there is compression of the left renal vein between the aorta and the superior mesenteric artery causing symptoms. Here, we describe the case of a female patient who had symptoms secondary to the compression of a left inferior vena cava between the aorta and...

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Autores principales: Pulgarin Ricardo, Luis German, Isaza Zapata, Sebastián, Uribe Gonzalez, Ricardo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2017
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Diagnostic Imaging
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5851197/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29552240
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.radcr.2017.10.007
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description Nutcracker syndrome is a condition where there is compression of the left renal vein between the aorta and the superior mesenteric artery causing symptoms. Here, we describe the case of a female patient who had symptoms secondary to the compression of a left inferior vena cava between the aorta and the superior mesenteric artery causing a nutcracker syndrome. We will review the etiology, embryology, and imaging of the inferior vena cava and nutcracker syndrome.
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spelling pubmed-58511972018-03-16 Left inferior vena cava with nutcracker syndrome: A case report Pulgarin Ricardo, Luis German Isaza Zapata, Sebastián Uribe Gonzalez, Ricardo Radiol Case Rep Diagnostic Imaging Nutcracker syndrome is a condition where there is compression of the left renal vein between the aorta and the superior mesenteric artery causing symptoms. Here, we describe the case of a female patient who had symptoms secondary to the compression of a left inferior vena cava between the aorta and the superior mesenteric artery causing a nutcracker syndrome. We will review the etiology, embryology, and imaging of the inferior vena cava and nutcracker syndrome. Elsevier 2017-11-06 /pmc/articles/PMC5851197/ /pubmed/29552240 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.radcr.2017.10.007 Text en © 2017 The Authors http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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Pulgarin Ricardo, Luis German
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Left inferior vena cava with nutcracker syndrome: A case report
title Left inferior vena cava with nutcracker syndrome: A case report
title_full Left inferior vena cava with nutcracker syndrome: A case report
title_fullStr Left inferior vena cava with nutcracker syndrome: A case report
title_full_unstemmed Left inferior vena cava with nutcracker syndrome: A case report
title_short Left inferior vena cava with nutcracker syndrome: A case report
title_sort left inferior vena cava with nutcracker syndrome: a case report
topic Diagnostic Imaging
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5851197/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29552240
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.radcr.2017.10.007
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