Childhood Varicose Veins–An Unusual Visceral “May–Thurner” Like Compression

Childhood Varicose Veins–An Unusual Visceral “May–Thurner” Like Compression

We report the case of 8-year-old girl with left lower limb edema due to superficial venous incompetence and varicosities. Color Doppler demonstrated compression of the left common iliac vein by an ectopic left kidney, which was partly relieved in right lateral decubitus position. CT demonstrated ect...

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Main Authors: Sreenivasa Narayana Raju, Rengarajan Rajagopal, Niraj Nirmal Pandey, Amarinder Singh, Sanjeev Kumar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc. 2021-08-01
Series:Journal of Clinical Interventional Radiology ISVIR
Subjects:
may–thurner syndrome
congenital ectopic kidney
common iliac vein compression
Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0041-1728993
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Summary:We report the case of 8-year-old girl with left lower limb edema due to superficial venous incompetence and varicosities. Color Doppler demonstrated compression of the left common iliac vein by an ectopic left kidney, which was partly relieved in right lateral decubitus position. CT demonstrated ectopic malrotated pelvic kidney, compressing the left common iliac vein against the L5 vertebra. A “May–Thurner” like syndrome due to visceral compression needs to be suspected in children with unilateral left lower limb varicosities.
ISSN:2456-4869

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