Renal vein thrombosis in newborn infants

Thrombosis in newborn infants.

The incidence of thrombosis is higher among newborn infants than in any other stage of pediatric development. This fact is the consequence of labile characteristics of the neonatal hemostatic system, in addition to exposure to multiple risk factors and the wide use of vascular catheters. Venous thromboses, which mainly affect the limbs, the right atrium and renal veins, are more frequently seen...

Renal vein thrombosis in cases

Renal vein thrombosis has been divided into four main groups (Harrison, Milne, and Steiner, 1956): it may be secondary to thrombosis or obstruction of the inferior vena cava; it may occur as a primary renal vein thrombosis; or it may complicate renal disease. Many renal diseases have been associated with renal vein thrombosis, including renal amyloidosis, glomerulonephritis, pyelonephritis, and...

Renal Venous Thrombosis in the Newborn

Thrombosis of the renal vein was first described by Rayer in 1837. This was followed in 1877 by Hutinel's account of forty-two cases of renal thrombosis, in thirty of which the condition was bilateral. Abeshouse (1945), in reviewing 228 cases of renal thrombosis of all varieties, found ninetyeight of these in children less than a year old, and of this total ninety occurred in infants during the...

Renal Vein Thrombosis in a Newborn With Abnormal Factor VIII Level

Renal vein thrombosis (RVT) in neonates is a rare condition of low mortality but significant morbidity due to renal impairment.We report the case of a male term newborn with left RVT and elevated serum factor VIII (FVIII).The main symptoms of the patient and the important clinical findings: prompt diagnosis of RVT was possible because the classic clinical presentation of macroscopic hematuria, ...

Nephrotic Syndrome Associated with Renal Vein Thrombosis