Unusual course of the gonadal vein: A case report of postpartum ovarian vein thrombosis mimicking acute appendicitis clinically and sonographically

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 409-412

  Adkins, John ^a   Wilson, Stephanie ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^b TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSIS; DISEASES; GYNECOLOGY; MEDICAL IMAGING; MEDICAL PROBLEMS; PATIENT MONITORING; TISSUE; ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; GONADAL VEIN; PATHOLOGIC GUT LESION; POSTPARTUM OVARIAN VEIN; THROMBOSIS;

BLOOD VESSELS;

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; HEPARIN;

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LAPAROTOMY; OVARIAN VEIN; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

EID: 0030152290     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.1996.15.5.409     Document Type: Article

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