genitourinary disorders
Renal Vein Thrombosis
Etiology of Renal Vein Thrombosis
Renal vein thrombosis usually results from local and systemic hypercoagulability due to Overview of Nephrotic Syndrome associated with Other causes include Graft rejection and graft-vs-host disease None Amyloidosis None Diabetic Nephropathy None Estrogen therapy Pregnancy Primary hypercoagulability disorders (eg, Antithrombin Deficiency , Renal vasculitis Sickle cell nephropathy Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) None Less common causes are related to reduced renal vein blood flow and include malignant renal tumors that extend into the renal veins (typically Renal Cell Carcinoma ), extrinsic compression of the renal vein or inferior vena cava (eg, by vascular abnormalities, tumor, retroperitoneal disease, ligation of the inferior vena cava, aortic aneurysm), oral contraceptive use, trauma, dehydration and, rarely, thrombophlebitis migrans and 