Percutaneous nitinol stent implantation in the treatment of nutcracker syndrome in young adults.
The present report describes three young adults with nutcracker syndrome caused by left renal vein stenosis managed with nitinol stent implantation. The patients treated included a 20-year-old woman with persistent microhematuria and dyspareunia and two 18-year-old men with proteinuria, hematuria, and flank pain. All three patients were asymptomatic after a follow-up of 14-18 months.
Basile
Antonio
A
Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Ospedale Ferrarotto, University Hospital of Catania, Catania, Italy. antodoc@yahoo.com
Tsetis
Dimitrios
D
Calcara
Giacomo
G
Figuera
Michele
M
Patti
Maria Teresa
MT
Ettorre
Giovanni Carlo
GC
Granata
Antonio
A
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000497:Alloys / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001012:Aorta, Abdominal / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000601:surgery; D003251:Constriction, Pathologic / Q000601:surgery; D054855:Drug-Eluting Stents; D004414:Dyspareunia / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006417:Hematuria / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D017538:Mesenteric Artery, Superior / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000601:surgery; D016491:Peripheral Vascular Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D011507:Proteinuria / Q000209:etiology; D012082:Renal Veins / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000601:surgery*
D000497:Alloys; C013616:nitinol