A case report of acute pelvic thrombophlebitis missed by magnetic resonance imaging of the pelvic veins.
A 29-year-old woman presented post-natally with pulmonary hypertension. Peripheral venous thrombosis was not detected by duplex ultrasound or conventional MRI. Despite anticoagulation, the patient arrested. Autopsy revealed right iliac vein thrombosis. The ability of conventional MRI to detect acute pelvic thrombophlebitis depends on obtaining appropriate views.
Magee
L A
LA
Nuffield Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Oxford, John Radcliffe Hospital, UK. laura.magee@utoronto.ca
Redman
C W
CW
D000328:Adult; D005188:False Negative Reactions; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006976:Hypertension, Pulmonary / Q000150:complications; D007084:Iliac Vein; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D011644:Puerperal Disorders; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000150:complications; D013924:Thrombophlebitis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014463:Ultrasonography