A 56-year-old woman was admitted to the emergency room with acute obstructive abdomen. She denied comorbidities or previous surgeries. Abdominal computed tomography showed cecal volvulus and an incidental finding of chronic recanalized left renal vein thrombosis with a retroaortic trajectory (posterior “nutcracker” phenomenon). She underwent exploratory laparotomy with a right colectomy and transverse ileum anastomosis. After a gradually progressed diet, she was discharged from hospital ten days after surgery. In outpatient follow-up, she denied symptoms of abdominal or flank pain, […]