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ArticleCureus2024

Nephrotic Syndrome Complicated by Pulmonary Embolism and Inferior Vena Cava Thrombosis: A Case Report.

Yousef M Hamed, Ahmed M Hamed, Maha A Younes, Mahmoud I Ahmed, Mostafa Ebraheem Morra

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Article in Cureus, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 authors.

Yousef M HamedCollege of Medicine, Alfaisal University, Riyadh, SAU.
Ahmed M HamedFaculty of Radiology, Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, Aberdeen, GBR.
Maha A YounesInternal Medicine, Warrington General Hospital, Warrington and Halton Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Warrington, GBR.
Mahmoud I AhmedCardiology, East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust, East Sussex, GBR.
Mostafa Ebraheem MorraFaculty of Medicine, Pilgrim Hospital, United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust, Boston, GBR.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This article presents the case of a 52-year-old male who arrived at the emergency department with escalating chest pain and shortness of breath. An urgent CT scan revealed a right pulmonary embolism and inferior vena cava thrombus, prompting immediate anticoagulant therapy. Further diagnostic evaluations confirmed nephrotic syndrome (NS). The patient was discharged on apixaban, ramipril, amlodipine, and atorvastatin. A subsequent renal biopsy showed features consistent with minimal change disease, which resolved spontaneously without the need for steroid treatment. This case highlights the potentially life-threatening presentation of multiple venous thromboses as an initial manifestation of NS.

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case reportdeep vein thrombosis (dvt)inferior vena cava thrombusnephrotic syndromepulmonary embolism

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PMID39552984
PMCPMC11568647

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