Nutcracker syndrome complicating with renal abscess.

J Pak Med Assoc

Department of Pediatrics, Dicle University, Diyarbakir, Turkey.

Published: April 2016

The nutcracker syndrome refers to compression of left renal vein between the superior mesenteric artery and aorta. Renal abscess consists of purulent and necrotic material localised to the renal parenchyma. These two entities are extremely rare and their coincidence has not previously been described in literature. Here, we report a case of a 10-year-old girl who developed left renal abscess probably due to nutcracker syndrome.

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