Inferior vena cava thrombosis due to acute pyelonephritis. |
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| Authors: | Nader Bassilios Marc Tassart Aymeric Restoux Jean-Michel Bigot Eric Rondeau Jean-Daniel Sraer |
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| Affiliation: | Réseau NEPHROPAR, Nephrology Department, Necker Hospital, 149, rue de Sèvres, F-75015 Paris, France. nbassilios@hotmail.com |
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| Introduction | Renal vein thrombosis (RVT) is a common clinical condition amongpatients with nephrotic syndrome, with a relatively high prevalence(2048%). It is most common in patients with membranousglomerulonephritis followed by membrano-proliferative glomerulonephritisand minimal change nephrosis [1]. However, there are other initiatingconditions including diabetic nephropathy and trauma [1]. Inpatients with malignancy, RVT may be secondary to direct extensionof tumour thrombus into the renal vein or may be due to a hypercoagulablestate [2]. Presenting signs and symptoms of RVT include oliguria,haematuria, flank pain and azotaemia [2]. Thrombosis of theadjacent inferior vena
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| Keywords: | inferior vena cava thrombosis pyelonephritis |
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