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- Title
The Nephrotic Syndrome: An Unusual Case of Multiple Embolic Events.
- Authors
Schwartz, Jean-Claude D.; Wyrzykowski, Amy D.; Dente, Christopher J.; Nicholas, Jeffrey M.
- Abstract
The nephrotic syndrome is an unusual cause of the hypercoaguable state and thromboembolic complications. Here we report the case of a 42-year-old woman with nephrotic syndrome who presented with a pulseless lower extremity and a midpole renal infarct requiring urgent embolectomy of the leg. During her embolic evaluation, she was found to have an intracardiac thrombus. Over the course of her hospitalization, she developed a pulseless upper extremity and required an embolectomy of her arm. We believe that this represents the first case report of a patient with nephrotic syndrome, intracardiac thrombus, and evidence of embolization to 3 sites: kidney, arm, and leg.
- Subjects
NEPHROTIC syndrome; KIDNEY diseases; THROMBOEMBOLISM; THERAPEUTIC embolization; SURGICAL hemostasis; OPERATIVE surgery
- Publication
Vascular & Endovascular Surgery, 2009, Vol 43, Issue 2, p207
- ISSN
1538-5744
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/1538574408324511