title: Vena cava thrombosis associated with nephrotic syndrome in the puerperal gestational cycle.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The puerperal gestational cycle is accompanied by a state of physiological hypercoagulability. Thromboembolic phenomena may occur at this time.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To report on a clinic case involving a patient that presented a family history of thromboembolism and developed deep vein thrombosis in a lower limb and vena cava thrombosis during the puerperal gestational cycle, displaying nephrotic syndrome as the main complication.
  
  
  METHODS
  Case report.
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal de São Paulo/Escola Paulista de Medicina, São Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: M P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Araújo
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Gonçalves
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gonçalves
authors.forename: J W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Braga Júnior
authors.forename: T V
authors.initials: TV
authors.lastname: Peterson
authors.forename: A N
authors.initials: AN
authors.lastname: Atallah
authors.forename: E I
authors.initials: EI
authors.lastname: Sato
authors.forename: V F
authors.initials: VF
authors.lastname: Trevisani
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D016736:Antiphospholipid Syndrome / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007866:Leg / Q000098:blood supply; D009404:Nephrotic Syndrome / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D011644:Puerperal Disorders / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy; D012307:Risk Factors; D013923:Thromboembolism / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior / Q000648:ultrastructure; D020246:Venous Thrombosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy