Nutcracker or left renal vein compression phenomenon: Multidetector computed tomography findings and clinical significance

European Radiology

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1745-1751

  Cuéllar i Calàbria, Hug ^a   Quiroga Gómez, Sergi ^a   Sebastià Cerqueda, Carmen ^a   Boyé de la Presa, Rosa ^a   Miranda, Américo ^a   Àlvarez Castells, Agustí ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

Author keywords

Helical computed tomography; Hematuria; Pathologic; Renal veins

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAUTERIZATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HEMATURIA; HUMAN; KIDNEY BLOOD FLOW; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NUTCRACKER SYNDROME; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENAL VEIN OCCLUSION; STENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VEIN OCCLUSION;

CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; HUMANS; MESENTERIC ARTERY, SUPERIOR; RENAL VEINS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VASCULAR DISEASES;

EID: 23344440840     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-005-2688-y     Document Type: Article

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