title: Unusual cause of abdominal pain: pelvic vein thrombosis in a nonpregnant woman.
abstract: We present a case of isolated pelvic vein thrombosis in which clinical diagnosis was difficult and the results of routine diagnostic tests were normal. We eventually used ventilation-perfusion scanning and abdominal computed tomography to make the correct diagnosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Division of Emergency Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, USA.
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Ellis
authors.forename: J T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Abbott
mesh_terms: D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000209:etiology*; D000328:Adult; D000925:Anticoagulants / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007084:Iliac Vein; D010388:Pelvis / Q000098:blood supply*; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000175:diagnosis; D011859:Radiography; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000188:drug therapy; D014692:Ventilation-Perfusion Ratio
chemical_list: D000925:Anticoagulants