Left renal haematuria by compression of an unusual vein.
A 55-year-old female had an episode of massive haematuria. An abnormal venous branch was under compression just before it joined a persisting left inferior vena cava. The main renal vein was not occluded and peri-ureteral varices had not been formed. Although it is a complicated anomaly which has not been reported, a variety of venous abnormalities might be responsible for unexplained renal haematuria.
Department of Urology, National Medical Center, Tokyo, Japan.
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Munakata
D003251:Constriction, Pathologic; D005260:Female; D006417:Hematuria / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography; D012082:Renal Veins / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging