Abstract
A retrospective evaluation of the computed tomography (CT) findings in 50 patients with the nephrotic syndrome was undertaken. In four patients with clinical manifestations of acute renal vein thrombosis (RVT) on initial examination, the diagnosis was confirmed by CT findings. Three patients had left RVT, one had right RVT, and all four had thrombus in the inferior vena cava (IVC) at the level of the renal veins. Of the remaining 46, otherwise asymptomatic patients, one had bilateral RVT, two had left RVT, and five had isolated IVC thrombus. The abnormalities noted on CT scans were widened renal vein(s) containing thrombus, thrombus in the IVC, renal enlargement, thickened Gerota fascia and formation of pericapsular venous collaterals, and an abnormal renal parenchymal enhancement pattern consisting of prolonged corticomedullary discrimination, delayed and/or persistent parenchymal opacification, and delayed or absent pyelocalyceal visualization.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 117-122 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Radiology |
| Volume | 159 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| State | Published - 1986 |
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Renal vein thrombosis in patients with nephrotic syndrome : CT diagnosis. / Gatewood, O. M B; Fishman, Elliot K; Burrow, C. R.; Walker, W. G.; Goldman, S. M.; Siegelman, S. S.
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T1 - Renal vein thrombosis in patients with nephrotic syndrome
T2 - CT diagnosis
AU - Gatewood, O. M B
AU - Fishman, Elliot K
AU - Burrow, C. R.
AU - Walker, W. G.
AU - Goldman, S. M.
AU - Siegelman, S. S.
PY - 1986
Y1 - 1986
N2 - A retrospective evaluation of the computed tomography (CT) findings in 50 patients with the nephrotic syndrome was undertaken. In four patients with clinical manifestations of acute renal vein thrombosis (RVT) on initial examination, the diagnosis was confirmed by CT findings. Three patients had left RVT, one had right RVT, and all four had thrombus in the inferior vena cava (IVC) at the level of the renal veins. Of the remaining 46, otherwise asymptomatic patients, one had bilateral RVT, two had left RVT, and five had isolated IVC thrombus. The abnormalities noted on CT scans were widened renal vein(s) containing thrombus, thrombus in the IVC, renal enlargement, thickened Gerota fascia and formation of pericapsular venous collaterals, and an abnormal renal parenchymal enhancement pattern consisting of prolonged corticomedullary discrimination, delayed and/or persistent parenchymal opacification, and delayed or absent pyelocalyceal visualization.
AB - A retrospective evaluation of the computed tomography (CT) findings in 50 patients with the nephrotic syndrome was undertaken. In four patients with clinical manifestations of acute renal vein thrombosis (RVT) on initial examination, the diagnosis was confirmed by CT findings. Three patients had left RVT, one had right RVT, and all four had thrombus in the inferior vena cava (IVC) at the level of the renal veins. Of the remaining 46, otherwise asymptomatic patients, one had bilateral RVT, two had left RVT, and five had isolated IVC thrombus. The abnormalities noted on CT scans were widened renal vein(s) containing thrombus, thrombus in the IVC, renal enlargement, thickened Gerota fascia and formation of pericapsular venous collaterals, and an abnormal renal parenchymal enhancement pattern consisting of prolonged corticomedullary discrimination, delayed and/or persistent parenchymal opacification, and delayed or absent pyelocalyceal visualization.
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