Posterior Nutcracker Syndrome Associated with Interrupted Left Inferior Vena Cava with Azygos Continuation and Retroaortic Right Renal Vein.
10.3348/kjr.2012.13.3.345
- Author:
Xiao Li LUO
1
;
Gen Nian QIAN
;
Hui XIAO
;
Chun Lei ZHAO
;
Xiao Dong ZHOU
Author Information
1. Department of Ultrasonography, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Shaanxi 710032, China. zhouxiaodong6@gmail.com
- Publication Type:Case Reports
- Keywords:
Nutcracker syndrome;
Left renal vein;
Inferior vena cava
- MeSH:
Adult;
Azygos Vein/*abnormalities;
Diagnosis, Differential;
Female;
Humans;
Renal Nutcracker Syndrome/*radiography/*ultrasonography;
Renal Veins/*abnormalities;
Tomography, X-Ray Computed;
Vena Cava, Inferior/*abnormalities
- From:Korean Journal of Radiology
2012;13(3):345-349
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Various anatomic anomalies have been considered the causes of nutcracker syndrome (NCS). Posterior NCS refers to the condition, in which vascular narrowing was secondary to the compression of the retroaortic left renal vein while it is crossing between the aorta and the vertebral column. Here, we report an unusual case of posterior NCS associated with a complicated malformation of the interrupted left inferior vena cava with azygos continuation and retroaortic right renal vein, diagnosed by both color Doppler ultrasonography and CT angiography.
