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Doppler US and CT Diagnosis of Nutcracker Syndrome

Nutcracker syndrome (NCS) is a syndrome caused by compression of the left renal vein (LRV), between the abdominal aorta and the superior mesenteric artery, resulting in hypertension of the LRV and hematuria. Doppler ultrasonography (US) has been commonly used for the diagnosis of NCS. However, sever...

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Autor principal: Kim, Seung Hyup
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Korean Society of Radiology 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6923211/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31854150
http://dx.doi.org/10.3348/kjr.2019.0084
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description Nutcracker syndrome (NCS) is a syndrome caused by compression of the left renal vein (LRV), between the abdominal aorta and the superior mesenteric artery, resulting in hypertension of the LRV and hematuria. Doppler ultrasonography (US) has been commonly used for the diagnosis of NCS. However, several technical issues, such as Doppler angle and sample volume, need to be considered to obtain satisfactory results. In addition, morphologic changes of the LRV and a jetting phenomenon across the aortomesenteric portion of the LRV on contrast-enhanced computed tomography (CECT) are diagnostic clues of NCS. With proper Doppler US and CECT, NCS can be diagnosed noninvasively.
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spelling pubmed-69232112019-12-30 Doppler US and CT Diagnosis of Nutcracker Syndrome Kim, Seung Hyup Korean J Radiol Genitourinary Imaging Nutcracker syndrome (NCS) is a syndrome caused by compression of the left renal vein (LRV), between the abdominal aorta and the superior mesenteric artery, resulting in hypertension of the LRV and hematuria. Doppler ultrasonography (US) has been commonly used for the diagnosis of NCS. However, several technical issues, such as Doppler angle and sample volume, need to be considered to obtain satisfactory results. In addition, morphologic changes of the LRV and a jetting phenomenon across the aortomesenteric portion of the LRV on contrast-enhanced computed tomography (CECT) are diagnostic clues of NCS. With proper Doppler US and CECT, NCS can be diagnosed noninvasively. The Korean Society of Radiology 2019-12 2019-10-04 /pmc/articles/PMC6923211/ /pubmed/31854150 http://dx.doi.org/10.3348/kjr.2019.0084 Text en Copyright © 2019 The Korean Society of Radiology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Doppler US and CT Diagnosis of Nutcracker Syndrome
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title_full Doppler US and CT Diagnosis of Nutcracker Syndrome
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title_full_unstemmed Doppler US and CT Diagnosis of Nutcracker Syndrome
title_short Doppler US and CT Diagnosis of Nutcracker Syndrome
title_sort doppler us and ct diagnosis of nutcracker syndrome
topic Genitourinary Imaging
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6923211/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31854150
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