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Case Reports
Vena cava thrombosis associated with nephrotic syndrome in the puerperal gestational cycle.
- M P Araújo, C Gonçalves, R Gonçalves, J W Braga Júnior, T V Peterson, A N Atallah, E I Sato, and V F Trevisani.
- Universidade Federal de São Paulo/Escola Paulista de Medicina, São Paulo, Brazil.
- Sao Paulo Med J. 2001 Jan 4; 119 (1): 242824-8.
ContextThe puerperal gestational cycle is accompanied by a state of physiological hypercoagulability. Thromboembolic phenomena may occur at this time.ObjectiveTo 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.DesignCase report.
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