Nutcracker syndrome - can mimic IBD symptoms!

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Lisa

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A little background, my mother has been having some issues with lower bowel/pelvic pain, along with other (previously) unrelated symptoms of 'something' going on - which she had been to various doctors as well as at least a couple of trips to the ER.....

The other day, she had a follow-up appointment with her vascular surgeon for another issue, and he is the one who put all the dots together and diagnosed her (finally) with Nutcracker Syndrome -
https://radiopaedia.org/articles/nutcracker-syndrome

I thought it would be a good idea to post this information here, as there is the possibility that a case of unexplained/undiagnosed pelvic/abdominal pain (mainly LEFT sided) could have a cause such as this.....
 
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