title: Compression of left inferior vena cava: a form of nutcracker syndrome.
abstract: Left renal vein hypertension has been described in the literature as a cause of persistent hematuria. We report a case of nutcracker syndrome with hematuria involving the left inferior vena cava diagnosed with Doppler sonography and MRI.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Ankara University, School of Medicine, Ibn-i Sina Hospital, 06100, Sihhiye, Ankara.
authors.forename: Suat
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Fitoz
authors.forename: Fatos
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Yalcinkaya
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001783:Blood Flow Velocity / Q000502:physiology; D003251:Constriction, Pathologic; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006417:Hematuria / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D013577:Syndrome; D018608:Ultrasonography, Doppler / Q000379:methods*; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology