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Arch Hellen Med, 34(2), March-April 2017, 250-252

CASE REPORT

Case presentation of a patient with left renal vein (nutcracker) syndrome

F. Gokosmanoglu,1 C. Varim,2 H. Ergenc,2 G. Baycelebi,4 P. Varim,3 R. Colak,5 M.H. Atmaca5
1Department of Endocrinology, Sakarya University Training and Research Hospital, Sakarya
2Department of Internal Medicine, Sakarya University Training and Research Hospital, Sakarya
3Department of Cardiology, Sakarya University Training and Research Hospital, Sakarya
4Department of Internal Medicine, Ordu Unye State Hospital, Ordu
5Department of Endocrinology, Ondokuz Mayis University Medicine Faculty, Samsun, Turkey

Nutcracker syndrome (NCS) is a vascular compression disease involving the compression of the left renal vein between the superior mesentery artery (SMA) and the aorta. The case is presented of a 33-year-old female patient with a 10-year history of hypertension and abdominal pain in whom NCS was diagnosed.

Key words: Abdominal pain, Hypertension, Left renal vein syndrome, Nutcracker syndrome.

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