CASE REPORT   

Journal of Radiological Review 2020 November-December;7(6):488-93

DOI: 10.23736/S2723-9284.20.00061-1

Copyright © 2020 EDIZIONI MINERVA MEDICA

language: English, Italian

Nutcracker syndrome

Giuseppe PAVIGLIANITI ¹, Maria A. CANGEMI ², Giulia A. RESTIVO ³, Serena AMATO ³, Piero FARRUGGIA ⁴, Rocco MINELLI ⁵ ✉, Carmela BRILLANTINO ⁶, Eugenio ROSSI ⁶

¹ Unit of Pediatric Radiology, ARNAS Ospedali Civico Di Cristina Benefratelli, Palermo, Italy; ² Unit of Pediatrics, Ospedale Vittorio Emanuele II di Castelvetrano, Trapani, Italy; ³ G. D’Alessandro Department of Sciences for the Promotion of Health and Maternal Children, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy; ⁴ Unit of Pediatric Oncomathology, ARNAS Ospedali Civico Di Cristina Benefratelli, Palermo, Italy; ⁵ V. Tiberio Department of Life and Health, University of Molise, Campobasso, Italy; ⁶ Unit of Radiology and Ultrasound, A.O.R.N. Santobono-Pausilipon, Pausilipon Hospital, Naples, Italy

The nutcracker syndrome (NS) is a rare anomaly in renal vascular tract, with few case studies reported in the literature, it is characterized by the compression of the left renal vein (VRS) and by the appearance of hematuria and abdominal pain. We therefore report a case of NS in a 15-year-old teenager who came to our hospital following abdominal pain and hematuria.

KEY WORDS: Nutcracker syndrome, renal; Pediatrics; Ultrasonography