Abstract

Discuss and describe the clinical and ultrasound Doppler of three cases of the nutcracker syndrome. The three patients came for abdominal ultrasound, one of them complaining of microscopic hematuria, another with pain left lumbar and last asymptomatic. The nutcracker syndrome can be classified as before, when the clamping of the left renal vein occurs between the aorta and superior mesenteric artery, or later, when the left renal vein has retroaortic course and undergoes compressive effects between the aorta and spine. Three cases of the nutcracker syndrome diagnosed by abdominal ultrasonography with color Doppler. The nutcracker syndrome is rare, and that knowledge of this condition is fundamental to clinical suspicion and early diagnosis.

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