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Is hypertension a manifestation of the nutcracker phenomenon/syndrome? Case report and brief review of the literature

Hypertension has been rarely reported in patients with the nutcracker phenomenon/syndrome. We describe a young male adult where a computed tomography angiography provided evidence of left renal vein dilatation, probably due to its compression through the angle between the aorta and the superior mese...

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Main Authors: Mazarakis, A, Almpanis, G, Tragotsalou, N, Karnabatidis, D, Fourtounas, C
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: SOCIETY OF "FRIENDS OF HIPPOKRATIA JOURNAL" 2012
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3738425/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23935279
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