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Compression of left inferior vena cava: a form of nutcracker syndrome.

Fitoz S, Yalcinkaya F

Department of Radiology, Ankara University, School of Medicine, Ibn-i Sina Hospital, 06100, Sihhiye, Ankara.

Left renal vein hypertension has been described in the literature as a cause of persistent hematuria. We report a case of nutcracker syndrome with hematuria involving the left inferior vena cava diagnosed with Doppler sonography and MRI.

Published 8 January 2008 in J Clin Ultrasound, 36(2): 101-4.
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