Splenic vein enlargement, a rare cause of nutcracker syndrome

Mehdi Karami; Hossein Kouhi; Seyedeh Fatemeh Sadatmadani; Bahar Sadeghi; Narges Rostamiyan; Mozhdeh Hashemzadeh

doi:10.1002/ccr3.3833

Splenic vein enlargement, a rare cause of nutcracker syndrome

Clin Case Rep. 2021 Apr 9;9(5):e03833. doi: 10.1002/ccr3.3833. eCollection 2021 May.

Authors

Mehdi Karami¹, Hossein Kouhi¹, Seyedeh Fatemeh Sadatmadani¹, Bahar Sadeghi¹, Narges Rostamiyan¹, Mozhdeh Hashemzadeh²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Radiology School of Medicine, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences Isfahan Iran.
² Department of Medical Library and Information Science School of Management and Medical Information Sciences, Clinical Informationist Research Group, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences Isfahan Iran.

Abstract

Abnormal enlargement of the splenic vein is one of the etiologies of nutcracker syndrome that should be considered when examining the causes of this syndrome. Because knowing rare etiologies can help correct diagnose and reduce mortality.

Keywords: case report; renal nutcracker phenomenon; renal nutcracker syndrome; renal vein entrapment syndrome; splenic vein.

Publication types

Case Reports