Superior vena cava syndrome as a result of thrombosis in a child with nephrotic syndrome
Calişkan, S.; Sever, L.; Sarioğlu, A.; Sarioğlu, T.; Kasapçopur, O.; Arisoy, N.
Turkish Journal of Pediatrics 39(4): 561-564
1997
ISSN/ISBN: 0041-4301 PMID: 9433161 Document Number: 470219
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.