Endovascular intervention to a rare cause of hematuria: Nutcracker syndrome - A case report

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Corresponding author: Murat Uğur, MD. Sultan Abdulhamid Han Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi Kalp ve Damar Cerrahisi Kliniği, 34668 Üsküdar, İstanbul, Turkey. Tel: +90 216 542 20 00 / 4055 e-mail: [email protected] Nutcracker phenomenon is described as the compression of the left renal vein between the superior mesenteric artery and aorta characterized by renal vein stenosis at the level of the compression, increased renal vein compression, and renal vein dilatation proximal to the compression site. Infrequently, however, this phenomenon may occur at the retroaortic or circumaortic region due to the unusual course of the left renal vein.[1]