Open AccessCerebral venous thrombosis and secondary polycythemia in a case of nephrotic syndrome
Author(s) -
Shankar Prasad Nagaraju,
Manohar Bairy,
Ravindra Prabhu Attur,
Charudutt Sambhaji
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
saudi journal of kidney diseases and transplantation/našrat amraḍ wa zira'aẗ al-kulaẗ
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.268
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 2320-3838
pISSN - 1319-2442
DOI - 10.4103/1319-2442.178575
Subject(s) - medicine , nephrotic syndrome , venous thrombosis , minimal change disease , thrombosis , surgery , pediatrics , glomerulonephritis , focal segmental glomerulosclerosis , kidney
Cerebral venous thrombosis (CVT) and polycythemia are considered as rare and life threatening complications of nephrotic syndrome. We report an unusual combination of both these complications in a case of nephrotic syndrome due to minimal change disease that was treated successfully. There was prompt and complete remission of nephrotic syndrome with steroid therapy, concurrent with complete resolution of polycythemia and CVT.