Nutcracker syndrome: a case report

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https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.1679-9836.v100i6p609-613

Keywords:

Renal Nutcracker Syndrome, Hematuria, Renal veins

Abstract

    Nutcracker Syndrome is a rare disease of varied etiology and clinical presentation. It is described that Computed Tomography scan or Magnetic Resonance Imaging, followed by Doppler ultrasonography or venography for confirmation, are the diagnostic methods of choice. We report the case of a 35-year-old female patient who presented with macroscopic hematuria, fever and lumbar pain. She was managed with open surgical approach, the standard of care by many experts, with a double shunt performed: one between the left renal vein and the distal inferior vena cava and another between the left and right gonadal veins.

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Author Biographies

  • Thiago Elias Ferrari Khouri, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo. Hospital Universitário Cassiano Antônio Moraes

    Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo (UFES), Departamento de Cirurgia, Hospital Universitário Cassiano Antônio de Moraes (HUCAM). Estudante de medicina. 

  • Isabella Rabelo Faria, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo. Hospital Universitário Cassiano Antônio Moraes

    Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo (UFES), Departamento de Cirurgia, Hospital Universitário Cassiano Antônio de Moraes (HUCAM). Estudante de medicina. 

  • Gustavo Peixoto Soares Miguel, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo. Hospital Universitário Cassiano Antônio Moraes

    Médico e Professor do Departamento de Cirurgia, UFES, Hospital Universitário Cassiano Antônio Moraes. 

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Published

2021-12-26

Issue

Vol. 100 No. 6 (2021)

Section

Relato de Caso/Case Report

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Khouri, T. E. F. ., Faria, I. R. ., & Miguel, G. P. S. (2021). Nutcracker syndrome: a case report. Revista De Medicina, 100(6), 609-613. https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.1679-9836.v100i6p609-613