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ÇOCUKLARDA NUTCRACKER SENDROMU: DOPPLER ULTRASONOGRAFİNİN SEMPTOMATİK HASTALARDAKİ ROLÜ

Year 2019, Volume: 13 Issue: 5, 348 - 352, 23.09.2019
https://doi.org/10.12956/tchd.568285

Abstract

Amaç: Bu
çalışmanın amacı,
Nutcracker sendromu
tanısı almış pediatrik
hastaların klinik özelliklerini değerlendirmek ve klinik belirtilerle sol renal
ven doppler ultrasonografi bulguları arasında bir ilişki olup olmadığını
belirlemektir.



Gereç ve yöntemler: Ocak 2015- Aralık 2018 tarihleri arasında, Nutcracker sendromu tanısı alan hastaların klinik verileri geriye dönük olarak
incelendi. Hastalar semptomatik (yan ağrısı, makroskopik hematüri veya her
ikisi) ve semptomatik olmayan (tesadüfen saptanan mikroskobik hematüri ve
proteinüri) olarak gruplandırıldı ve bu iki gruptaki doppler ultrasonografi
bulguları değerlendirildi.



Bulgular: Nutcracker sendromu tanısı olan 41 hasta (28 kız ve 11 erkek hasta, ortalama yaş 13,6±3,37 yıl)
çalışmaya dahil edildi. 26 (%63,4) hastada asemptomatik Nutcracker sendromu
bulundu ve bu hastaların %46,1’i mikroskobik hematüri ve %42,3’ü izole
proteinüri değerlendirilmesi için başvurdu. En sık görülen belirtiler sol yan ağrısı
(%33,3), sol yan ağrısı ile hematüri birlikteliği (%26,6) idi.
Sol renal ven hiler bölüm çapının
aortomesenterik bölüm çapına oranının ortalama değeri 5,07
±1,02 idi. Sol renal ven aorta-mezenterik/hiler
bölge pik akım oranı ortalaması 7,17
±1,86 saptandı. Pik akım oranları
asemptomatik çocuklarda semptomatik gruba göre anlamlı derecede yüksekti
(p=0.041).



Çıkarım: Nutcracker
sendromu tanısı, proteinüri ve hematüri gibi belirtilerin varlığında
düşünülmeli ve böbrek biyopsisinden önce mutlaka ekarte edilmelidir. Ek olarak
çalışmamız, sol renal vende artmış kompresyonun çoğunlukla
mikroskobik hematüri ve proteinüri olan hastalarda gözlendiğini göstermiştir. 

References

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  • 15. Shin JI, Lee JS, Kim MJ. The prevalance, physical characteristics and diagnosis of nutcracker syndrome. Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg. 2006 Sep;32(3):335-6. DOI: 10.1016/j.ejvs.2006.04.030. Epub 2006 Jun 15.
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  • 21. Fitöz S, Ekim M, Ozcakar ZB, Elhan AH, Yalcinkaya F. Nutcracker syndrome in children: the role of upright position examination and superior mesenteric artery angle measurement in the diagnosis. J Ultrasound Med. 2007 May;26(5):573-80
  • 22. Hangge PT, Gupta N, Khurana A, et.al. Degree of Left Renal Vein Compression Predicts Nutcracker Syndrome. J Clin Med. 2018 May 8;7(5). pii:E107. doi: 10.3390/jcm7050107.
  • 23. Wang L, Yi L, Yang L, et al. Diagnosis and surgical treatment of nutcracker syndrome: a single-center experience. Urology. 2009 Apr;73(4):871-6. doi: 10.1016/j.urology.2008.11.043. Epub 2009 Feb 4. PMID: 19193424.
  • 24. Shin JI, Park JM, Lee SM, Shin YH, Kim JH, Lee JS, Factors affecting spontaneous resolution of hematuria in childhood nutcracker syndrome. Pediatr Nephrol. 2005 May;20(5):609-13.
  • 25. Cuéllar i Calàbria H, Quiroga Gómez S, Sebastià Cerqueda C, Boyé de la Presa R, Miranda A, Alvarez-Castells A. Nutcracker or left renal vein compression phenomenon: Multidetector computed tomography findings and clinical significance. Eur Radiol. 2005 Aug;15(8):1745-51.
  • 26. Orczyk K, Wysiadecki G, Majos M, Stefańczyk L, Topol M, Polguj M. What each clinical anatomist has to know about left renal vein entrapment syndrome (Nutcracker syndrome) A review of the most important findings. Biomed Res Int. 2017;2017:1746570

NUTCRACKER SYNDROME IN CHILDREN: THE ROLE OF DOPPLER ULTRASONOGRAPHY IN SYMPTOMATIC PATIENTS

Year 2019, Volume: 13 Issue: 5, 348 - 352, 23.09.2019
https://doi.org/10.12956/tchd.568285

Abstract

Objective: The
aim of this study is to evaluate the clinical characteristics of pediatric
patients with Nutcracker syndrome and to determine whether there is a
relationship between clinical signs and left renal vein doppler ultrasonography
findings.

Materials and methods: Between
January 2015 and December 2018, clinical data of patients diagnosed with
Nutcracker syndrome were retrospectively reviewed.
Patients were devided into two groups
as symptomatic (loin pain, macroscopic hematuria or both) and non-symptomatic
(incidentally detected microscopic hematuria and proteinuria), and the doppler
ultrasonography findings in both group were evaluated.

Results:
Fourty-one patients (28 female and 11 male patients, mean age 13,6
±3,37
years) with the diagnosis of Nutcracker syndrome were included the study.
Asymptomatic Nutcracker syndrome was found in 26
(63.4%) patients; in whom 46.1% were admitted for the evaluation of proteinuria
and 42.3% for isolated proteinuria. The most frequent symptoms were left flank
pain (33.3%), left flank pain and hematuria together (26.6%). The mean ratio of
the diameter of the hilar portion of the left renal vein to that of the
aortomesenteric portion was
5,07±1,02. The mean peak velocity ratio of the left renal vein aorta-mesenteric/hiler
portion was found to be 7,17
±1,86. The peak velocity ratios of the LRV (p = 0.041)
were significantly higher in asymptomatic children with Nutcracker syndrome
than in the symptomatic group.










Conclusion:
The diagnosis of Nutcracker syndrome should be considered in the presence of
symptoms such as proteinuria and hematuria and should be absolutely ruled out
before attempting renal biopsy.
In addition, our study showed that increased
compression of the left renal vein is mostly observed in proteinuria and
microscopic hematuria.

References

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  • 2. Kurklinsky AK, Rooke TW. Nutcracker phenomenon and nutcracker syndrome. Mayo Clin Proc. 2010 Jun;85(6):552-9. doi: 10.4065/mcp.2009.0586. Review. PMID: 20511485.
  • 3. Ananthan K, Onida S, Davies AH. Nutcracker Syndrome: An Update on Current Diagnostic Criteria and Management Guidelines. Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg. 2017 Jun;53(6):886-94. doi: 10.1016/j.ejvs.2017.02.015. Epub 2017 Mar 27. Review. PMID: 28356209
  • 4. Venkatachalam S, Bumpus K, Kapadia SR, Gray B, Lyden S, Shishehbor MH. The nutcracker syndrome. Ann Vasc Surg. 2011 Nov;25(8):1154-64. doi: 10.1016/j.avsg.2011.01.002. Epub 2011 Mar 25. Review. PMID: 21439772.
  • 5. Shin JI, Lee JS. Nutcracker phenomenon or nutcracker syndrome? Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2005 Sep;20(9):2015. PMID:16091381.
  • 6. Takebayashi S, Ueki T, Ikeda N, Fujikawa A. Diagnosis of the nutcracker syndrome with color Doppler sonography: correlation with flow patterns on retrograde left renal venography. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 1999 Jan;172(1):39-43. DOI: 10.2214/ajr.172.1.9888735.
  • 7. Alaygut D, Bayram M, Soylu A, Cakmakcı H, Türkmen M, Kavukcu S. Clinical course of children with nutcracker syndrome. Urology. 2013 Sep;82(3):686-90. doi: 10.1016/j.urology.2013.03.048. Epub 2013 Jun 2.
  • 8. Del Canto Peruyera P, Vaquero Lorenzo F, Vallina-Victorero Vazquez MJ, Alvarez Salgado A, Vicente Santiago M, Botas Velasco M, et al. Recurrent hematuria caused by nutcracker syndrome. Ann Vasc Surg. 2014 May;28(4):1036.e15-9. doi: 10.1016/j.avsg.2013.05.021. Epub 2013 Dec 7.
  • 9. He Y, Wu Z, Chen S, et al. Nutcracker syndrome--how well do we know it? Urology. 2014 Jan;83(1):12-7. doi: 10.1016/j.urology.2013.08.033. Epub 2013 Oct 18.
  • 10. Park SJ, Lim JW, Cho BS, Yoon TY, Oh JH. Nutcracker syndrome in children with orthostatic proteinuria: Diagnosis on the basis of Doppler sonography. J Ultrasound Med. 2002 Jan;21(1):39-45.
  • 11. Shin JI, Park JM, Lee JS, Kim MJ. Effect of renal Doppler ultrasound on the detection of nutcracker syndrome in children with hematuria. Eur J Pediatr. 2007 May;166(5):399-404. DOI:10.1007/s00431-006-0252-7. Epub 2006 Oct 19.
  • 12. Kim SH, Cho SW, Kim HD, Chung JW, Park JH, Han MC. Nutcracker syndrome: Diagnosis with Doppler US. Radiology. 1996 Jan;198(1):93-7.
  • 13. Cheon JE, Kim WS, Kim IO, et al. Nutcracker syndrome in children with gross haematuria: Doppler sonographic evaluation of the left renal vein. Pediatr Radiol. 2006 Jul;36(7):682-6. DOI: 10.1007/s00247-006-0145-y. Epub 2006 Apr 26.
  • 14. Shin JI, Baek SY, Lee JS, Kim MJ. Follow-up and treatment of nutcracker syndrome. Ann Vasc Surg. 2007 May;21(3):402. Epub 2007 Apr 6. No abstract available. PMID: 17419006.
  • 15. Shin JI, Lee JS, Kim MJ. The prevalance, physical characteristics and diagnosis of nutcracker syndrome. Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg. 2006 Sep;32(3):335-6. DOI: 10.1016/j.ejvs.2006.04.030. Epub 2006 Jun 15.
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  • 17. Ekim M, Bakkaloglu SA, Tumer N, Sanlidilek U, Salih M. Orthostatic proteinuria as a result of venous compression (nutcracker phenomenon): a hypothesis testable with modern imaging techniques. Nephrol Dial Transplant. 1999 Apr;14(4):826-7.
  • 18. Gulleroglu K, Gulleroglu B, Baskin E. Nutcracker syndrome. World J Nephrol. 2014 Nov 6;3(4):277-81. doi: 10.5527/wjn.v3.i4.277.
  • 19. Noorani A, Walsh SR, Cooper DG, Varty K. Entrapment syndromes. Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg. 2009 Feb;37(2):213-20. 20. Park SJ, Shin JI. Renal doppler ultrasonography in the diagnosis of nutcracker syndrome. Eur J Pediatr. 2013 Jan;172(1):135-6. doi: 10.1007/s00431-012-1859-5. Epub 2012 Nov 20. No abstract available. PMID: 23179952.
  • 21. Fitöz S, Ekim M, Ozcakar ZB, Elhan AH, Yalcinkaya F. Nutcracker syndrome in children: the role of upright position examination and superior mesenteric artery angle measurement in the diagnosis. J Ultrasound Med. 2007 May;26(5):573-80
  • 22. Hangge PT, Gupta N, Khurana A, et.al. Degree of Left Renal Vein Compression Predicts Nutcracker Syndrome. J Clin Med. 2018 May 8;7(5). pii:E107. doi: 10.3390/jcm7050107.
  • 23. Wang L, Yi L, Yang L, et al. Diagnosis and surgical treatment of nutcracker syndrome: a single-center experience. Urology. 2009 Apr;73(4):871-6. doi: 10.1016/j.urology.2008.11.043. Epub 2009 Feb 4. PMID: 19193424.
  • 24. Shin JI, Park JM, Lee SM, Shin YH, Kim JH, Lee JS, Factors affecting spontaneous resolution of hematuria in childhood nutcracker syndrome. Pediatr Nephrol. 2005 May;20(5):609-13.
  • 25. Cuéllar i Calàbria H, Quiroga Gómez S, Sebastià Cerqueda C, Boyé de la Presa R, Miranda A, Alvarez-Castells A. Nutcracker or left renal vein compression phenomenon: Multidetector computed tomography findings and clinical significance. Eur Radiol. 2005 Aug;15(8):1745-51.
  • 26. Orczyk K, Wysiadecki G, Majos M, Stefańczyk L, Topol M, Polguj M. What each clinical anatomist has to know about left renal vein entrapment syndrome (Nutcracker syndrome) A review of the most important findings. Biomed Res Int. 2017;2017:1746570
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Primary Language Turkish
Subjects ​Internal Diseases
Journal Section ORIGINAL ARTICLES
Authors

Evrim Cakici 0000-0002-1697-6206

Fatma Yazılıtaş 0000-0001-6483-8978

Hasibe Gökçe Çınar This is me 0000-0003-2687-1544

Gökçe Can This is me 0000-0002-5851-8676

Eda Didem Kurt Şükür This is me 0000-0003-1451-4443

Tülin Güngör This is me 0000-0002-5881-1565

Evra Çelikkaya This is me 0000-0003-2695-2045

Deniz Karakaya This is me 0000-0001-7720-4923

Mehmet Bülbül This is me 0000-0001-9007-9653

Publication Date September 23, 2019
Submission Date May 21, 2019
Published in Issue Year 2019 Volume: 13 Issue: 5

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Vancouver Cakici E, Yazılıtaş F, Çınar HG, Can G, Kurt Şükür ED, Güngör T, Çelikkaya E, Karakaya D, Bülbül M. ÇOCUKLARDA NUTCRACKER SENDROMU: DOPPLER ULTRASONOGRAFİNİN SEMPTOMATİK HASTALARDAKİ ROLÜ. Turkish J Pediatr Dis. 2019;13(5):348-52.


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