title: Nutcracker phenomenon: a case with surgical treatment and its diagnostic criteria.
abstract: A surgically treated case of the nutcracker phenomenon is reported. Severe left flank pain and gross hematuria were relieved by direct renocaval reimplantation. We proposed the diagnostic criteria of the nutcracker phenomenon causing severe flank pain and/or renal hematuria.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Tohoku University School of Medicine.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ishidoya
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Chiba
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sakai
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Orikasa
mesh_terms: D003251:Constriction, Pathologic; D005260:Female; D006417:Hematuria / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D017538:Mesenteric Artery, Superior; D008875:Middle Aged; D010146:Pain / Q000209:etiology; D012082:Renal Veins / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery