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Published on: May 27, 2008
[Nutcracker's syndrome: demostration with helicoidal TC with volumetric reconstruction "3D"]
J I Martínez-Salamanca García1, F Herranz Amo, I Gordillo Gutiérrez
1Servicio de Radiodiagnóstico, Sección de TAC, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid.
Abstract:
The nutcracker's syndrome or phenomenom is defined as the left renal vein compression between the aorta and the superior mesenteric artery. Diagnosis is uncommon, not only due to its low frequency but for the dificulty to be suspected in usual findings as lumbar pain or hematuria. We present the case of a patient to whom we were able to show mentioned pathology with the helicoidal TC with volumetric reconstruction "3D" (VR).

