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01-06-2021 | Thrombosis | Pictorial Essay
Imaging in Uncommon Pelvic Complications of Pregnancy: A Pictorial Essay
Published in: The Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology of India | Issue 3/2021
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A 35-year-old female presented with fever and left flank pain 05 days after a normal vaginal delivery. Imaging evaluation by ultrasonography (Fig. 1a, b) followed by CECT abdomen (Fig. 1c, d) demonstrated left ovarian vein thrombosis. The patient improved on anticoagulation medications.
Figure 1
a USG abdomen shows an elongated tubular structure (arrow) with thick walls in left side of abdomen, showing heterogeneous internal contents and no vascularity on color Doppler, b USG pelvis shows enlarged left ovary, c CECT abdomen axial image shows hypo-dense filling defect in dilated and thick walled left ovarian vein (yellow arrow) with surrounding fat stranding suggestive of thrombosis, d coronal reformatted CT image reveals elongated thrombosed ovarian vein (yellow arrow) and bulky left ovary (blue arrow).
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