Role of duplex color Doppler ultrasound, computed tomography, and MR angiography in the diagnosis of septic puerperal ovarian vein thrombosis

Abdominal Imaging

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 85-91

  Kubik Huch, R A ^a   Hebisch, G ^b   Huch, R ^b   Hilfiker, P ^a   Debatin, J F ^a   Krestin, G P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Magnetic resonance angiography; Septic puerperal ovarian vein thrombosis (SPOVT); Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; OVARIAN VEIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

ADULT; FEMALE; FEVER OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; OVARY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PUERPERAL INFECTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; VEINS; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 0032902571     PISSN: 09428925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002619900448     Document Type: Article

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