Breaking open the case of one patient's acute left flank pain: nutcracker syndrome
Abstract Acute flank and abdominal pain represent a common presenting complaint in the emergency department. The etiology can be broad, ranging from the chest to the groin, from benign to catastrophic. There are common causes such as nephrolithiasis and pyelonephritis for which more than 1 million A...
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| description | Abstract Acute flank and abdominal pain represent a common presenting complaint in the emergency department. The etiology can be broad, ranging from the chest to the groin, from benign to catastrophic. There are common causes such as nephrolithiasis and pyelonephritis for which more than 1 million Americans are diagnosed with in the United States each year.1 Other etiologies are more rare and difficult to diagnose. The following case discusses a rare syndrome involving a young man with flank pain and a few other symptoms. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-af06695dbe154b15b8355ad72f5f17bc2025-08-20T01:59:40ZengElsevierJournal of the American College of Emergency Physicians Open2688-11522020-10-011580180310.1002/emp2.12157Breaking open the case of one patient's acute left flank pain: nutcracker syndromeRebecca Bajkowski0Anthony Lagina1Emergency Medicine Department Wayne State University Detroit Michigan USAEmergency Medicine Department Wayne State University Detroit Michigan USAAbstract Acute flank and abdominal pain represent a common presenting complaint in the emergency department. The etiology can be broad, ranging from the chest to the groin, from benign to catastrophic. There are common causes such as nephrolithiasis and pyelonephritis for which more than 1 million Americans are diagnosed with in the United States each year.1 Other etiologies are more rare and difficult to diagnose. The following case discusses a rare syndrome involving a young man with flank pain and a few other symptoms.https://doi.org/10.1002/emp2.12157abdominal painflank painhematurianutcracker syndromesuperior mesenteric artery syndrome |
| spellingShingle | Rebecca Bajkowski Anthony Lagina Breaking open the case of one patient's acute left flank pain: nutcracker syndrome Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians Open abdominal pain flank pain hematuria nutcracker syndrome superior mesenteric artery syndrome |
| title | Breaking open the case of one patient's acute left flank pain: nutcracker syndrome |
| title_full | Breaking open the case of one patient's acute left flank pain: nutcracker syndrome |
| title_fullStr | Breaking open the case of one patient's acute left flank pain: nutcracker syndrome |
| title_full_unstemmed | Breaking open the case of one patient's acute left flank pain: nutcracker syndrome |
| title_short | Breaking open the case of one patient's acute left flank pain: nutcracker syndrome |
| title_sort | breaking open the case of one patient s acute left flank pain nutcracker syndrome |
| topic | abdominal pain flank pain hematuria nutcracker syndrome superior mesenteric artery syndrome |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1002/emp2.12157 |
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