Nephrotic Syndrome Complicated by Life-Threatening Pulmonary Embolism in an Adult Patient

We report a 23-year-old male presenting with edema. He was originally admitted for an elective renal biopsy for diagnosis of renal pathology. Unfortunately, because of acute abdominal pain an exploratory laparotomy was done. Progressive azotemia and oliguria then developed, and he required temporary...

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Main Authors: Szu-Chia Chen, Wan-Chun Liu, Cheng-Hsueh Lee, Jer-Ming Chang, Hung-Chun Chen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2010-02-01
Series:Kaohsiung Journal of Medical Sciences
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1607551X10700139