%0 Journal Article
%T Clinical and Radiological Significance of the Retroaortic Left Renal Vein
%A Fatma Akta£¿
%J -
%D 2019
%X Aim: Retroaortic left renal vein is an anatomical variation with a relatively increasing frequency due to the growth in the number of radiological imaging. It is usually asymptomatic. In this study, it was aimed to identify if there is a pressure increase in asymptomatic patients by measuring the diameters of left gonadal vein and left renal vein in the patients with left renal vein through contrast abdomen computed tomography . Materials and Methods: This study included a patient group consisting of 138 patients who were diagnosed with retroaortic left vein through CT examination and 100 participants sharing common age and gender patterns with the control group. Preaortic segment of left renal vein diameter, narrowest retroaortic segment o left renal vein diameter and left gonadal vein diameter measured. Results: When diameters of left renal vein at preaortic segment belonging to the control group and the patients with RLRV, it was significantly higher in the patients with retroaortic left renal vein. Furthermore left gonadal vein diameter was found to have increased in the patients with retroaortic left renal vein compared to the control group. Conclusion: In conclusion, while retroaortic left renal vein is typically an asymptomatic anatomical variation, it can cause press of left renal vein at posterior of aorta and pressure increase in left renal vein and gonadal vein. This pressure increase is important in terms of pelvic congestion in women and varicosele etiology in men. Moreover, it can lead to clinical symptoms like flank pain and hematuria by causing retroaortic impingement syndrome
%K bilgisayarl£¿ tomografi
%K pelvik konjesyon
%K retroaortik sol renal ven
%U http://dergipark.org.tr/anadoluklin/issue/42787/468690