Superior vena cava syndrome as a result of thrombosis in a child with nephrotic syndrome

Turk J Pediatr. 1997 Oct-Dec;39(4):561-4.

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.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Angiography
  • Child, Preschool
  • Echocardiography
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Nephrotic Syndrome / complications*
  • Superior Vena Cava Syndrome / etiology*
  • Thromboembolism / complications*
  • Thromboembolism / diagnosis
  • Thromboembolism / surgery
  • Vena Cava, Superior