[Nutcracker syndrome - treated by surgery]

The nutcracker syndrome is caused by tight compression of the left renal vein between the superior mesenteric artery and the abdominal aorta. The consequences may vary between symptomfree conditions through moderate proteinuria and hypertension to severe hematuria. All imaging modalities have been used during diagnostic workup. Wide varieties of surgical and endovascular solutions are reported aiming to achieve decompression of the renal vein like venous or arterial transposition, bypass, renal autotransplantation, stenting, nephrectomy, etc. In our case a 21-year-old man the nutcracker syndrome was successfully solved by transposition of the superior mesenteric artery into the infrarenal aorta.