A case of renal vein thrombosis associated with autoimmune hemolytic anemia and eosinophilic granulomatous polyangiitis.

ABSTRACT: Only a few cases of renal vein thrombosis (RVT) occurring in patients with vasculitis have been reported. RVT associated with vasculitis and hemolytic anemia has not been reported yet. We describe here a patient with RVT complicated by pulmonary embolism, autoimmune hemolytic anemia, and eosinophilic granulomatous polyangiitis. A 69-year-old Japanese man who had been treated with corticosteroids was referred to our department for severe proteinuria (4.32 g/gCr). Abdominal ultrasonography showed bilateral RVT, and contrast-enhanced computed tomography showed bilateral pulmonary embolism. Therefore, the patient was diagnosed with RVT complicated by pulmonary embolism. Anticoagulation therapy with heparin followed by apixaban was started. Thereafter, the D-dimer concentration decreased from 8

SUBMITTER: Watanabe Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10683572 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature