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Image Acquisition Method for the Sonographic Assessment of the Inferior Vena Cava
Published on: January 13, 2023
Right nutcracker syndrome associated with left-sided inferior vena cava, hemiazygos continuation and persistant left
Adalet Elcin Yildiz1, Fatma Semsa Cayci2, Sinan Genc1
1Department of Radiology, Ankara University School of Medicine, 06100 Ankara, Turkey.
Abstract:
The term nutcracker syndrome refers to compression of left renal vein between aorta and superior mesenteric artery causing renal venous hypertension. Right nutcracker syndrome associated with a left-sided inferior vena cava is an extremely rare anomaly. Reported two cases in English literature were diagnosed by ultrasonography and computed tomography angiography in adulthood. Herein, we present a case of right nutcracker syndrome with left-sided inferior vena cava and hemiazygos continuation in a 12-year-old girl.
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