A Case Report of Acute Arterial Embolization of Right Lower Extremity As the Initial Presentation of Nephrotic Syndrome with Minimal Changes

THROMBOEMBOLISM is a well-known complicationof nephrotic syndrome. Deep vein thrombosis,pulmonary embolism and renal vein thrombosisare the most common venous thromboembolicdiseases in patients with nephrotic syndrome, while arterialthromboembolic complications are observed less frequently,and rarely when it occurs before the diagnosis of nephroticsyndrome.1 Here we report a case with minimal change ofnephrotic syndrome who presented initially as external iliacartery thrombosis, which may be associated with longsitting while playing Mah-Jong.