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- Title
Acute right lower quadrant abdominal pain as the presenting symptom of ovarian vein thrombosis in pregnancy.
- Authors
Suleyman, Turedi; Gultekin, Hos; Abdulkadir, Gunduz; Tevfik, Patan; Abdulkerim, Unsal Mesut; Ali, Ahmetoglu; Ismail, Koramaz
- Abstract
Ovari an vein thrombosis (OVT) is an uncommon, life-threatening complication of pregnancy. OVT clinical presentation is similar to that of acute appendicitis, and the latter is therefore the suspected diagnosis in most cases. We describe a case of a 36-year-old woman experiencing deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism during the course of pregnancy and presenting to the emergency department with sudden pain in the right lower quadrant and severe abdominal pain. This case illustrates the difficulty in diagnosing OVT, which should be considered in any pregnant woman with unexplained lower abdominal pain suggestive of acute appendicitis.
- Subjects
OVARIAN diseases; PREGNANCY complications; THROMBOSIS; ABDOMINAL pain; SYMPTOMS; PULMONARY embolism
- Publication
Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology Research, 2008, Vol 34, Issue 4pt2, p680
- ISSN
1341-8076
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1447-0756.2008.00906.x