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ArticleInternational journal of surgery case reports2024

Renal vein thrombosis in the course of non-operative treatment of kidney trauma: A rare case report.

João Henrique Fonseca Nascimento, André Bouzas de Andrade, Márcio Rivison Silva Cruz, Roberto Valente Filho, André Gusmão-Cunha, Gabriel Schnitman

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Article in International journal of surgery case reports, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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  1. Renal Vein Thrombosis: A Narrative Review.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026
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6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

João Henrique Fonseca NascimentoDepartment of Life Sciences, Bahia State University, Salvador, BA, Brazil.
André Bouzas de AndradeDepartment of Life Sciences, Bahia State University, Salvador, BA, Brazil; Department of Surgery, Santa Izabel Hospital, Salvador, BA, Brazil.
Márcio Rivison Silva CruzDepartment of Surgery, Santa Izabel Hospital, Salvador, BA, Brazil.
Roberto Valente FilhoDepartment of Surgery, Santa Izabel Hospital, Salvador, BA, Brazil.
André Gusmão-CunhaDepartment of Life Sciences, Bahia State University, Salvador, BA, Brazil; Department of Surgery, Santa Izabel Hospital, Salvador, BA, Brazil; Department of Anesthesiology and Surgery, Federal University of Bahia, Salvador, BA, Brazil.
Gabriel SchnitmanDepartment of Surgery, Santa Izabel Hospital, Salvador, BA, Brazil; Department of Anesthesiology and Surgery, Federal University of Bahia, Salvador, BA, Brazil. Electronic address: gschnitman@ufba.br.
Hospital Santa Izabel · BRUniversidade do Estado da Bahia · BR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionVenous thromboembolism is widely recognized as a life-threatening complication in trauma, yet renal vein thrombosis (RVT) following trauma is particularly rare. PRESENTATION OF CASE: We report a case of a 67-year-old man who was brought to the emergency department after falling down a 14-step staircase at home which presented right kidney trauma (parenchyma laceration with a perirenal hematoma) on computed tomography, and hematuria. Considering the patient's hemodynamic stability, a non-operative treatment was initiated, and the patient was referred to the intensive care unit for close observation. On post-trauma day 3, a repeated CT revealed right renal vein thrombosis. After evaluation, it was decided to maintain prophylactic anticoagulation doses of enoxaparin (40 mg/day) due to the elevated risk of bleeding in high-grade renal trauma and planned an inferior vena cava (IVC) filter placement. In the following days, the hematuria resolved spontaneously and an IVC filter was placed. The patient progressed with no complaints, spontaneous diuresis, improvement in laboratory parameters, and cardiovascular stability, which led to his discharge on day 12 with rivaroxaban 10 mg/day. The patient was successfully treated with a non-operative approach, and the RVT disappeared after 35 days. DISCUSSION: Post-traumatic renal vein thrombosis is a rare occurrence, and due to the infrequent nature of these events, specific management guidelines are not fully established, particularly when thrombosis is confirmed in an acutely injured patient.

conclusionConservative therapy seems to play a meaningful role in trauma-related renal vein thrombosis treatment.

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Abdominal blunt traumaCase reportKidney traumaRenal vein thrombosis

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PMCPMC10944085
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