title: Acute traumatic gonadal vein rupture in a pregnant patient involved in a major motor vehicle collision.
abstract: We present a case of a 29-year-old female in her second trimester of pregnancy with twin gestations who was involved in a major motor vehicle collision and subsequently diagnosed by multidetector computed tomography with retroperitoneal hemorrhage from a traumatic ruptured right ovarian vein. Gonadal vein rupture should be considered as a rare cause of hemorrhage when evaluating a pregnant patient who has sustained blunt abdominal trauma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Santa Clara Valley Medical Center, 751 S Bascom Ave, San Jose, CA 95128, USA. Christopher.Takehana@hhs.sccgov.org
authors.forename: Christopher S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Takehana
authors.forename: Young S
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Kang
mesh_terms: D000063:Accidents, Traffic; D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D010053:Ovary / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011262:Pregnancy Trimester, Second; D011272:Pregnancy, Multiple; D012421:Rupture / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery