ササキ ヨウスケ   Sasaki Yosuke
  佐々木 陽典
   所属   東邦大学  医学部 医学科(大森病院)
   職種   講師
論文種別 症例報告
言語種別 英語
査読の有無 査読あり
表題 Renal vein thrombosis associated with oral contraception and smoking: a case report from Japan, with literature review
掲載誌名 正式名:CEN case reports
出版社 Springer
巻・号・頁 3(1),pp.100-105
著者・共著者 Sasaki Y†, Shimabukuro A, Isegawa T, Tamori Y, Koshiishi T, Yonaha H
担当区分 筆頭著者,責任著者
発行年月 2014/05
概要 Renal vein thrombosis, one of the common thrombotic complications of nephrotic syndrome or renal cell carcinoma, is reportedly a rare complication of hor- monal contraception. Solitary renal vein thrombosis in the Japanese population is thought to be very rare because the incidence of venous thromboembolism is comparatively very low in Asian populations. We report a 38-year-old Japanese female with left renal vein thrombosis associated with oral contraception and concurrent smoking as the first Japanese case of solitary renal vein thrombosis associated with oral contraceptives, with a review of the literature. Seven cases were previously reported. The results revealed that all patients complained of acute onset of pain around the involved kidney without urinary symptoms or fever, and were effectively treated with anticoagulants. Other remarkable facts include that nausea and vomiting were frequently seen, and that the renal outcome was benign, despite various initial urine abnormalities. This report may alert clinicians to the importance of these risk factors as an etiology of renal vein thrombosis even in Asian popula- tions. Clinicians should regard renal vein thrombosis as one of the differential diagnoses for acute flank pain in patients using oral contraceptives. A detailed history taking that reveals oral contraception, smoking, and other thrombo- philic predispositions as well as timely computed tomo- graphic scans would be the keys to diagnosis. Smoking cessation should be strongly recommended to oral contra- ceptive users, especially women over 35 years of age, regardless of dosage.
DOI 10.1007/s13730-013-0095-9