title: Expandable metallic stent placement for nutcracker phenomenon.
abstract: A 40-year-old woman presented with asymptomatic gross hematuria caused by the nutcracker phenomenon. Despite treatment with hemostatic agents and injection of silver nitrate into the renal pelvis, the hematuria had continued, and severe anemia (hematocrit 17%) had developed. We performed expandable metallic stent (EMS) placement across the left renal vein. Although mild hematuria continued, the anemia resolved after this interventional radiotherapy. EMS placement is a minimally invasive therapy for the nutcracker phenomenon.
authors: Department of Urology, Osaka Medical College, Takatsuki, Takatski-city, Japan.
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authors: N
authors: Segawa
authors: H
authors: H
authors: Azuma
authors: Y
authors: Y
authors: Iwamoto
authors: T
authors: T
authors: Sakamoto
authors: T
authors: T
authors: Suzuki
authors: H
authors: H
authors: Ueda
authors: K
authors: K
authors: Yamamoto
authors: T
authors: T
authors: Shimizu
authors: K
authors: K
authors: Kichikawa
authors: Y
authors: Y
authors: Katsuoka
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006417:Hematuria; D006801:Humans; D012082:Renal Veins; D015607:Stents; D013478:Superior Mesenteric Artery Syndrome / Q000601:surgery*