Two Peculiarities of the Nutcracker Syndrome: Rare Association with Multiples Thrombosis and Successful Medical Treatment (Pentoxifylline)

Two Peculiarities of the Nutcracker Syndrome: Rare Association with Multiples Thrombosis and Successful Medical Treatment (Pentoxifylline)

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The nutcracker syndrome (NCS) is a rare condition characterized by the entrapment of the left renal vein between the superior mesenteric artery and the aorta.Clinically, it presents with hematuria, flank pain, and symptoms of pelvic venous siemens hr675gbs1s iq700 congestion.It is more frequent in females.Conservative treatment is usually proposed children but in adults, NCS has to be treated by surgical or endovascular methods.Drug therapy is not proposed for the treatment of NCS.

We report a case of a young patient who presented with recurrent gross hematuria.Our patient was treated with pentoxifylline three times daily and anti-coagulation, golden literider gp162 parts with a favorable outcome.