ABDOMINAL AORTIC THROMBOSIS IN A PATIENT WITH NEPHROTIC SYNDROME

We report a patient who presented with severe nephrotic syndrome compl icated with infrarenal aortic and right renal arterial thrombosis, The nephrotic syndrome frequently causes thromboembolic complications in veins, but arterial thrombosis is relatively rare, especially in the a orta, Various predisposing factors leading to thromboembolic complicat ions are discussed, In this case, the thromboembolic complication may have some clinical association with the hypercoagulable state in nephr otic syndrome.