Nutcracker syndrome

Nutcracker syndrome is a rare vein compression disorder. It occurs when arteries, most often the abdomen's aorta and superior mesenteric artery, squeeze the left renal vein.

• Other common presentation is as pelvic congestion syndrome characterized by symptoms of dysmenorrhea, dyspareunia, post-coital ache, lower abdominal pain, dysuria , pelvic vulvar , gluteal or thigh varices and emotional disturbances.

• where it passes in the fork formed at the bifurcation of these arteries.

• SYMPTOMS/CONCIQUENCES of nutcracker syndrome

1. increased renal vein pressure
2. hematuria
3. flanks pain and abdominal pain
4. left sided varicocele (in men)

• TREATMENT

1. weight gain
2. surgery

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