Refractory hypertension and pelvic pain associated with nutcracker phenomenon

Seyed Kamaledin Hadei; Sharife Badr; Mohammad Ali Amirzargar

doi:10.1016/j.radcr.2020.01.040

Refractory hypertension and pelvic pain associated with nutcracker phenomenon

Radiol Case Rep. 2020 Feb 27;15(5):519-522. doi: 10.1016/j.radcr.2020.01.040. eCollection 2020 May.

Authors

Seyed Kamaledin Hadei¹, Sharife Badr¹, Mohammad Ali Amirzargar²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Radiology, School of Medicine, Farshchian Cardiovascular Subspecialty Medical Center, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran.
² Dept of Urology, School of Medicine, Ekbatan Hospital, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran.

Abstract

We represent a 35-year-old woman, with refractory hypertension and pelvic pain, and with nutcracker phenomenon diagnosed using computed tomographic angiography. Although surgical treatment was not performed because of the patients' nonconsenting, any other cause for the hypertension was not found by extensive work-up, supports the notion that it was either secondary to nutcracker phenomenon or idiopathic.

Keywords: CT angiography; Nutcracker phenomenon; Refractory hypertension.

Publication types

Case Reports