The Usefulness of Fast-Spin-Echo T2-Weighted MR Imaging in Nutcracker Syndrome: a Case Report.
10.3348/kjr.2010.11.3.373
- Author:
Heong Leng WONG
1
;
Matt Chiung CHEN
;
Cgek Siung WU
;
Kuo An FU
;
Cheng Hao LIN
;
Mei Jui WENG
;
Huei Lung LIANG
;
Huay Ben PAN
Author Information
1. Department of Radiology, Yuan's General Hospital, Kaohsiung 80249, Taiwan. jjychen@gmail.com
- Publication Type:Case Reports
- Keywords:
Magnetic resonance (MR);
Ultrasonography;
Tomography;
X-Ray Computed;
Kidney;
Renal veins;
Hypertension
- MeSH:
Abdominal Pain/etiology;
Adult;
Constriction, Pathologic;
Diagnosis, Differential;
Follow-Up Studies;
Humans;
Kidney Diseases/complications/*pathology/surgery;
Magnetic Resonance Imaging/*methods;
Male;
Renal Veins/*pathology/surgery;
Stents;
Syndrome;
Vascular Diseases/complications/*pathology/surgery;
Young Adult
- From:Korean Journal of Radiology
2010;11(3):373-377
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Nutcracker syndrome occurs when the left renal vein (LRV) is compressed between the superior mesenteric artery and the aorta, and this syndrome is often characterized by venous hypertension and related pathologies. However, invasive studies such as phlebography and measuring the reno-caval pressure gradient should be performed to identify venous hypertension. Here we present a case of Nutcracker syndrome where the LRV and intra-renal varicosities appeared homogeneously hyperintense on magnetic resonance (MR) fast-spin-echo T2-weighted imaging, which suggested markedly stagnant intravenous blood flow and the presence of venous hypertension. The patient was diagnosed and treated without obtaining the reno-caval pressure gradient. The discomfort of the patient lessened after treatment. Furthermore, on follow-up evaluation, the LRV displayed a signal void, and this was suggestive of a restoration of the normal LRV flow and a decrease in LRV pressure.
