Posterior "Nutcracker" phenomenon in a patient with abdominal aortic aneurysm

European Radiology

Volumn 12, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2002, Pages

  Puig, Stefan ^a   Stühlinger, Hermann Georg ^a   Domanovits, Hans ^a   Staudenherz, Anton ^a   Zebenholzer, Karin ^a   Rebhandl, Winfried ^a   Prokop, Mathias ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Abdominal aortic aneurysm; Computed tomography; Flank pain; Hematuria

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; FLANK PAIN; HEMATURIA; HUMAN; KIDNEY VEIN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VENOCONSTRICTION; INJURY; RADIOGRAPHY;

AGED; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; FLANK PAIN; HEMATURIA; HUMANS; MALE; RENAL VEINS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0347629073     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-002-1523-y     Document Type: Article

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