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Yuki Ichihara1, Takashi Azuma1, Satoshi Saito1
1Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan.
Abstract:
Nutcracker syndrome (NCS) is known as a status of compression of the left renal vein (LRV) between the abdominal aorta and superior mesenteric artery (SMA). We here report a case of NCS in a Marfan syndrome patient with type B aortic dissection who was presented with sudden gross hematuria. Computed tomography revealed the compression of the LRV sandwiched between the SMA and the dilated dissecting abdominal aorta. The compression was released by surgical intervention and the hematuria was promptly resolved. This report highlights that NCS should be considered as a differential diagnosis of unexplained hematuria in patients with a chronic dissecting aorta.
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