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Posterior renal vein branch dilatation (thin arrows) and turbulent flow pattern on the entrapment.
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The Doppler study revealed turbulent pattern of venous blood flow of the posterior LRV branch behind the aorta (Figure 1).
Enlarged left renal vein.
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The abdominopelvic computer tomography (apCT) revealed LRV duplication with a dilated retroaortic branch, entrapped between the aorta and the vertebral column, promoting the renal nutcracker syndrome (Figures 2 and 3).
(a) Posterior branch of the left renal vein entrapment; (b) normal anterior left renal Vein.
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The abdominopelvic computer tomography (apCT) revealed LRV duplication with a dilated retroaortic branch, entrapped between the aorta and the vertebral column, promoting the renal nutcracker syndrome (Figures 2 and 3).