Renal Nutcracker Syndrome (definition)

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ψ ψ	Renal Nutcracker Syndrome

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Definition: Left RENAL VEIN compression between the AORTA, ABDOMINAL and the SUPERIOR MESENTERIC ARTERY. Variable symptoms include HYPERTENSION, RENOVASCULAR; HEMATURIA; and VARICOSE VEINS.

See Also Superior Mesenteric Artery Syndrome

Other names Renal Nutcracker Syndromes; Renal Nutcracker Phenomenons; Phenomenons, Renal Nutcracker; Phenomenon, Renal Nutcracker; Nutcracker Syndromes, Renal; Nutcracker Syndrome, Renal; Nutcracker Phenomenons, Renal; Nutcracker Phenomenon, Renal; Renal Vein Entrapment Syndrome; Renal Nutcracker Phenomenon

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