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nutcracker phenomenon |
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nutcracker phenomenon, compression of the left renal vein between the aorta and the superior mesenteric artery, causing hypertension in the kidney with flank pain and sometimes fever and gross hematuria. Also called nutcracker syndrome. nutcracker phenomenon Nutcracker syndrome A clinical finding in Hb SC disease, in which left-sided renal hemorrhage causes infarction of renal papillae, due to ↑ pressure as the left renal vein passes between the aorta and the superior
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