Bilateral ovarian vein thrombosis after abortion: A case report.

Cho, In Ae; Park, Ji Eun; Ko, Min Kyung; Park, Ji Kwon; Shin, Jeong Kyu; Choi, Won Jun; Lee, Soon Ae; Lee, Jong Hak; Paik, Won Young

doi:2011.54.11.736

Obstet Gynecol Sci > Volume 54(11); 2011 > Article

Case Report

Korean Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology 2011;54(11):736-740.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5468/KJOG.2011.54.11.736 Published online November 1, 2011.

Bilateral ovarian vein thrombosis after abortion: A case report.

In Ae Cho, Ji Eun Park, Min Kyung Ko, Ji Kwon Park, Jeong Kyu Shin, Won Jun Choi, Soon Ae Lee, Jong Hak Lee, Won Young Paik

¹Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Gyeongsang National University School of Medicine, Jinju, Korea. wypaik@gnu.ac.kr
²Gyeongsang Institute of Health Sciences, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, Korea.

Abstract

The frequency of thromboembolism is 0.3-1.2% in pregnant women, in most cases occur in veins. Especially, ovarian vein thromboses present rarely that occur in 0.02-0.18% of pregnancy. Ovarian vein thromboses are diagnosed mainly on right side, rarely bilateral or left side involvement. Ovarian vein thromboses are caused by physiologic hypercoagulability, endothelial injury, and compression of uterus during pregnancy. Mostly it occurs at postpartum. In the cases of ovarian vein thrombosis after abortion, it is very rarely reported in domestic and foreign. We report the case of bilateral ovarian vein thrombosis that was presented after abortion in early pregnancy with brief review of literature.

Key Words: Ovarian vein, Thrombosis, Abortion, Pregnancy