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Vena cava thrombosis associated with nephrotic syndrome in the puerperal gestational cycle

Araújo, Maíta Poli; Gonçalves, Carla; Gonçalves, Roberta; Braga Júnior, José Wilson Ramos; Peterson, Thaís Vilela; Atallah, Alvaro Nagib; Sato, Emília Inoue; Trevisani, Virgínia Fernandes Moça.

São Paulo med. j ; 119(1): 24-8, Jan. 2001. ilus, tab

Article in English | LILACS | ID: lil-278685

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CONTEXT: The puerperal gestational cycle is accompanied by a state of physiological hypercoagulability. Thromboembolic phenomena may occur at this time. OBJECTIVE: To report on a clinic case involving a patient that presented a family history of thromboembolism and developed deep vein thrombosis in a lower limb and vena cava thrombosis during the puerperal gestational cycle, displaying nephrotic syndrome as the main complication. DESIGN: Case report

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Humans , Female , Adult , Puerperal Disorders/etiology , Thromboembolism/genetics , Vena Cava, Superior , Venous Thrombosis/complications , Nephrotic Syndrome/etiology , Puerperal Disorders/therapy , Vena Cava, Superior , Venous Thrombosis/therapy , Leg , Antiphospholipid Syndrome/etiology , Antiphospholipid Syndrome/therapy , Nephrotic Syndrome/therapy

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