A case of right loin pain: Septic ovarian vein thrombosis due to Campylobacter fetus bacteraemia

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 385-388

  Teh, Hui Seong ^a   Chiang, S H ^a   Tan, A G S ^a   Sng, L H ^b   Oh, H M L ^a  

^a CHANGI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Bacteraemia; Campylobacter fetus; Imaging; Septic ovarian vein thrombosis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BLOOD CULTURE; CAMPYLOBACTER FETUS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OVARIAN VEIN; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SEPTIC OVARIAN VEIN THROMBOSIS; THROMBOEMBOLISM; THROMBOPHLEBITIS;

EID: 3142713860     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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