Renal vein thrombosis with involvement of the vena cava: report of a case.
A case of bilateral renal vein thrombosis with involvement of the vena cava in a nephrotic patient, treated by thrombectomy and anticoagulation, is reported. A iatrogenic lesion of the right renal vein during thrombectomy forced to perform a nephrectomy; the patient died four months later from renal failure. The rationale for the different treatments of renal vein thrombosis, as a complication of the nephrotic syndrome, is shortly discussed.
D000328:Adult; D000925:Anticoagulants / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008722:Methods; D009392:Nephrectomy; D009404:Nephrotic Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D012082:Renal Veins / Q000601:surgery; D013923:Thromboembolism / Q000517:prevention & control; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D014684:Venae Cavae / Q000601:surgery
D000925:Anticoagulants