Postpartum Ovarian Vein and Inferior Vena Cava Thrombosis

Postpartum ovarian vein thrombosis (POVT), which generally occurs 2–15 days postpartum, is a rare complication. It can be confused with acute appendicitis, pelvic infection, ovarian torsion, tubo-ovarian abscess, and pyelonephritis. It is associated with morbidity and mortality. Here, we present a p...

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Autores principales: Arslan, Harun, Ada, Sibel, Çelik, Sebahattin, Toptaş, Tayfur
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2014
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4120798/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25114685
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/609187
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author Arslan, Harun
Ada, Sibel
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description Postpartum ovarian vein thrombosis (POVT), which generally occurs 2–15 days postpartum, is a rare complication. It can be confused with acute appendicitis, pelvic infection, ovarian torsion, tubo-ovarian abscess, and pyelonephritis. It is associated with morbidity and mortality. Here, we present a patient with postpartum OVT and IVC diagnosed by US and CT findings. She was treated successfully with no further need for any interventional procedures.
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spelling pubmed-41207982014-08-11 Postpartum Ovarian Vein and Inferior Vena Cava Thrombosis Arslan, Harun Ada, Sibel Çelik, Sebahattin Toptaş, Tayfur Case Rep Med Case Report Postpartum ovarian vein thrombosis (POVT), which generally occurs 2–15 days postpartum, is a rare complication. It can be confused with acute appendicitis, pelvic infection, ovarian torsion, tubo-ovarian abscess, and pyelonephritis. It is associated with morbidity and mortality. Here, we present a patient with postpartum OVT and IVC diagnosed by US and CT findings. She was treated successfully with no further need for any interventional procedures. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2014 2014-07-10 /pmc/articles/PMC4120798/ /pubmed/25114685 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/609187 Text en Copyright © 2014 Harun Arslan et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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