Unexplained hematuria during pregnancy: right-sided nutcracker phenomenon

Int Urol Nephrol. 2007;39(3):709-11. doi: 10.1007/s11255-006-9101-x. Epub 2006 Sep 20.

Abstract

We report a case of hematuria in a pregnant patient caused by right renal vein hypertension, as a result of compression of right renal, the inferior caval and the right gonadal veins because of posterior displacement of the pancreas caused by the presence of the gravid uterus. Hematuria resolved after a cesarean delivery. This condition has not been, to our knowledge, previously described.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Constriction, Pathologic
  • Dilatation, Pathologic
  • Female
  • Hematuria / etiology*
  • Humans
  • Hypertension, Renovascular / etiology*
  • Kidney / blood supply
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Pregnancy
  • Pregnancy Complications, Cardiovascular / diagnosis*
  • Pregnancy Trimester, Third
  • Regional Blood Flow
  • Renal Veins / pathology*