Postpartum ovarian vein thrombosis after cesarean delivery: a case report

INTRODUCTION: Postpartum ovarian vein thrombosis is an uncommon complication; incidence varies between 0.002% and 0.05%. It most often occurs during the 2–15 days following delivery. CASE PRESENTATION: A 22-year-old pregnant woman at term presented to hospital with uterine contractions, abdominal pa...

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Autores principales: Royo, Pedro, Alonso-Burgos, Alberto, García-Manero, Manuel, Lecumberri, Ramón, Alcázar, Juan Luis
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2323013/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18400095
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1752-1947-2-105
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author Royo, Pedro
Alonso-Burgos, Alberto
García-Manero, Manuel
Lecumberri, Ramón
Alcázar, Juan Luis
author_facet Royo, Pedro
Alonso-Burgos, Alberto
García-Manero, Manuel
Lecumberri, Ramón
Alcázar, Juan Luis
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description INTRODUCTION: Postpartum ovarian vein thrombosis is an uncommon complication; incidence varies between 0.002% and 0.05%. It most often occurs during the 2–15 days following delivery. CASE PRESENTATION: A 22-year-old pregnant woman at term presented to hospital with uterine contractions, abdominal pain, nausea and vomiting. After delivery an ovarian vein thrombosis was diagnosed. CONCLUSION: Low-molecular weight heparin with broad-spectrum antibiotics are the accepted therapy in non-complicated cases of postpartum ovarian vein thrombosis.
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spelling pubmed-23230132008-04-18 Postpartum ovarian vein thrombosis after cesarean delivery: a case report Royo, Pedro Alonso-Burgos, Alberto García-Manero, Manuel Lecumberri, Ramón Alcázar, Juan Luis J Med Case Reports Case Report INTRODUCTION: Postpartum ovarian vein thrombosis is an uncommon complication; incidence varies between 0.002% and 0.05%. It most often occurs during the 2–15 days following delivery. CASE PRESENTATION: A 22-year-old pregnant woman at term presented to hospital with uterine contractions, abdominal pain, nausea and vomiting. After delivery an ovarian vein thrombosis was diagnosed. CONCLUSION: Low-molecular weight heparin with broad-spectrum antibiotics are the accepted therapy in non-complicated cases of postpartum ovarian vein thrombosis. BioMed Central 2008-04-09 /pmc/articles/PMC2323013/ /pubmed/18400095 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1752-1947-2-105 Text en Copyright © 2008 Royo et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License ( (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0) ), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Royo, Pedro
Alonso-Burgos, Alberto
García-Manero, Manuel
Lecumberri, Ramón
Alcázar, Juan Luis
Postpartum ovarian vein thrombosis after cesarean delivery: a case report
title Postpartum ovarian vein thrombosis after cesarean delivery: a case report
title_full Postpartum ovarian vein thrombosis after cesarean delivery: a case report
title_fullStr Postpartum ovarian vein thrombosis after cesarean delivery: a case report
title_full_unstemmed Postpartum ovarian vein thrombosis after cesarean delivery: a case report
title_short Postpartum ovarian vein thrombosis after cesarean delivery: a case report
title_sort postpartum ovarian vein thrombosis after cesarean delivery: a case report
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2323013/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18400095
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1752-1947-2-105
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