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Nephrol Dial Transplant (2004) 19: 981-983
Nephrol Dial Transplant Vol. 19 No. 4 © ERA-EDTA 2004; all rights reserved

Case Report

Inferior vena cava thrombosis due to acute pyelonephritis

Nader Bassilios1, Marc Tassart2, Aymeric Restoux1, Jean-Michel Bigot2, Eric Rondeau1 and Jean-Daniel Sraer1

1Nephrology Department and 2Radiology Department, Tenon Hospital, Paris, France

Correspondence and offprint requests to: Nader Bassilios, MD, Réseau NEPHROPAR, Nephrology Department, Necker Hospital, 149, rue de Sèvres, F-75015 Paris, France. Email: nbassilios@hotmail.com

Keywords: inferior vena cava thrombosis; pyelonephritis

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Renal vein thrombosis (RVT) is a common clinical condition among patients with nephrotic syndrome, with a relatively high prevalence (20–48%). It is most common in patients with membranous glomerulonephritis followed by membrano-proliferative glomerulonephritis and minimal change nephrosis [1]. However, there are other initiating conditions including diabetic nephropathy and trauma [1]. In patients with malignancy, RVT may be secondary to direct extension of tumour thrombus into the renal vein or may be due to a hypercoagulable state [2]. Presenting signs and symptoms of RVT include oliguria, haematuria, flank pain and azotaemia [2]. Thrombosis of the adjacent inferior vena . . . [Full Text of this Article]



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