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- Title
Nutcracker phenomenon demonstrated by three-dimensional computed tomography.
- Authors
Kaneko, K.; Kiya, Keiichi; Nishimura, Kimihiro; Shimizu, Toshiaki; Yamashiro, Yuichiro
- Abstract
We report a 15-year-old girl with nutcracker syndrome (NCP) in whom three-dimensional helical computed tomography (3D helical CT) was useful for diagnosis; angiographic imaging using 3D helical CT provided fine outlines of the vascular structures in NCP, i.e., a compression of the left renal vein between the aorta and the superior mesenteric artery and the abnormal acute angle between them. Thus, a 3D helical CT enables precise depiction of the anatomical characteristics of renal vasculature and, therefore, may be a useful alternative imaging technique instead of conventional examinations, such as invasive venography or digital subtraction angiography. Further study in a large number of children with vascular abnormalities would be worthwhile.
- Subjects
RENAL artery diseases; KIDNEY blood-vessels; BLOOD-vessel abnormalities; TOMOGRAPHY
- Publication
Pediatric Nephrology, 2001, Vol 16, Issue 9, p745
- ISSN
0931-041X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s004670100655