Nutcracker syndrome in adolescent with perineal pain

Nutcracker phenomenon is the descriptor for a patient's anatomy whenever the left renal vein becomes compressed between the abdominal aorta and the superior mesenteric artery. Nutcracker syndrome is the terminology used when the nutcracker phenomenon is accompanied by symptoms including pain (a...

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Main Authors: Kathleen Boyer, DO, Eamon Filan, DO, Brian Ching, DO, Veronica Rooks, MD, Dwight Kellicut, MD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018-02-01
Series:Radiology Case Reports
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1930043317303072