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

S Calişkan; L Sever; A Sarioğlu; T Sarioğlu; O Kasapçopur; N Arisoy

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.

Authors

S Calişkan¹, L Sever, A Sarioğlu, T Sarioğlu, O Kasapçopur, N Arisoy

Affiliation

¹ Department of Pediatrics, Istanbul University Cerrahpaşa, Faculty of Medicine, Turkey.

PMID: 9433161

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