• Eur J Emerg Med · Aug 2009

    Case Reports

    Renal colic as the first symptom of acute renal vein thrombosis, resulting in the diagnosis of nephrotic syndrome.

    • Tanja Decoster, Veerle Schwagten, Jeroen Hendriks, and Luc Beaucourt.
    • Department of Emergency Medicine, University Hospital Antwerp, Belgium. veerle.schwagten@uza.be
    • Eur J Emerg Med. 2009 Aug 1; 16 (4): 170-1.

    AbstractRenal vein thrombosis is a well-known complication of nephrotic syndrome, but rarely its first or only symptom. We describe a 26-year-old patient presenting with flank pain suggestive of renal colic. A computed tomography scan showed acute renal vein thrombosis, the only sign of a later diagnosed nephrotic syndrome. This is a rare presentation of a renal vein thrombosis caused by nephrotic syndrome, and easily misdiagnosed as renal calculi especially in young and otherwise asymptomatic patients.

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