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Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine
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Fig. 6

From: The role of multidetector CT angiography in characterizing vascular compression syndromes of the abdomen

Fig. 6

27-year-old male with nutcracker syndrome. (a) shows hand diagram in sagittal view shows the compressed left renal vein between the SMA and the aorta with dilated left gonadal vein draining into the left renal vein in en face view. Axial view (b) contrast-enhanced CT study of the abdomen in venous phase shows the left renal vein (dot) being compressed by the superior mesenteric artery (arrowhead) and the aorta (left arrow). Reformatted sagittal image (c) clearly depicts the compressed left renal vein between the SMA and the aorta. The left renal vein (long arrow) proximal to the compression is moderately dilated. The hand diagram is self-drawn by the author

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