Korean Journal of Radiology

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Posterior Nutcracker Syndrome Associated with Interrupted Left Inferior Vena Cava with Azygos Continuation and Retroaortic Right Renal Vein

  • Luo, Xiao-Li (Department of Ultrasonography, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University) ;
  • Qian, Gen-Nian (Department of Radiology, Fuzhou General Hospital) ;
  • Xiao, Hui (Department of Radiology, Fuzhou General Hospital) ;
  • Zhao, Chun-Lei (Department of Radiology, Fuzhou General Hospital) ;
  • Zhou, Xiao-Dong (Department of Ultrasonography, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University)
  • Published : 2012.06.01
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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.

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