Journal article
Right lower quadrant pain and postpartum ovarian vein thrombosis. Uncommon but not forgotten
Archives of gynecology and obstetrics, Vol.281(2), pp.261-263
02/2010
DOI: 10.1007/s00404-009-1153-6
PMID: 19551395
Abstract
Ovarian vein thrombosis (OVT) is an uncommon, life-threatening complication of the postpartum period. Symptoms of OVT include lower abdominal and flank pain associated with fever, tachycardia, and nausea and vomiting.
We present a case of OVT in a 22-year-old woman 4 days postpartum presenting to the emergency department with right lower quadrant pain, tachycardia, and leukocytosis. The initial clinical diagnosis was of appendicitis; however, on CT scan, she had findings characteristic of right OVT.
The clinical presentation of OVT can be very similar to that of acute appendicitis and should always be included in the differential diagnosis of right lower quadrant pain in the female patient. Modern imaging techniques enable confirmation of the diagnosis when OVT is suspected.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Right lower quadrant pain and postpartum ovarian vein thrombosis. Uncommon but not forgotten
- Creators
- Angela Johnson - Department of Surgery, SIU School of Medicine, Springfield, IL 62704, USAE Dawn WietfeldtVijian DhevanImran Hassan
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Archives of gynecology and obstetrics, Vol.281(2), pp.261-263
- Publisher
- Germany
- DOI
- 10.1007/s00404-009-1153-6
- PMID
- 19551395
- ISSN
- 0932-0067
- eISSN
- 1432-0711
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 02/2010
- Academic Unit
- Surgery
- Record Identifier
- 9984051768002771
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