Left renal vein aneurysm in a young woman with renal nutcracker syndrome
A 17-year-old girl presented to our institution with abdominal and pelvic pain found to be due to extrinsic compression of the left renal vein, causing a saccular aneurysm and renal vein dilation with varices consistent with nutcracker syndrome. She was managed with an open aneurysm resection and tr...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2019-12-01
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| Series: | Journal of Vascular Surgery Cases and Innovative Techniques |
| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2468428719301303 |
| Summary: | A 17-year-old girl presented to our institution with abdominal and pelvic pain found to be due to extrinsic compression of the left renal vein, causing a saccular aneurysm and renal vein dilation with varices consistent with nutcracker syndrome. She was managed with an open aneurysm resection and transposition of the left renal vein. Keywords: Nutcracker syndrome, Renal vein aneurysm, Vascular anomalies, Renal vein transposition |
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| ISSN: | 2468-4287 |