title: Superior vena cava syndrome as a result of thrombosis in a child with nephrotic syndrome.
abstract: A three-year-old nephrotic girl is presented with vena cava superior syndrome. Angiography showed obliteration of the distal ends of both axillary veins and echocardiographic examination revealed a mobile mass in the right atrium. A thrombus originating from the vena cava superior with a stalk extending to the right atrium was surgically removed. To our knowledge, vena cava superior thrombosis in nephrotic syndrome has not been reported previously.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Istanbul University Cerrahpaşa, Faculty of Medicine, Turkey.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Calişkan
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Sever
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sarioğlu
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sarioğlu
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Kasapçopur
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Arisoy
mesh_terms: D000792:Angiography; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009404:Nephrotic Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D013479:Superior Vena Cava Syndrome / Q000209:etiology*; D013923:Thromboembolism / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D014683:Vena Cava, Superior