title: Renal vein thrombosis in the post-partum period: a case report.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Physiological hypercoagulability is a known condition in pregnancy designed to limit the risk of bleeding; it may exceptionally be complicated by thrombosis of the renal vein. To the best of our knowledge, this is the third case of renal venous infarction reported in the literature.
  
  
  METHODS
  We report the case of a 43-year-old Caucasian woman, a mother of three sons who presented with left flank pain and hematuria. The clinical investigations did not find any other cause for her thrombophilia.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Clinical onset is not specific, so it is important to evoke the diagnosis in the context of pregnancy; computed tomography angiography is the investigation of choice to set the diagnosis. It is important to know that anticoagulation therapy must be initiated as soon as possible.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Avicenna Military Hospital, Avenue Al Mouqaouama, Marrakech 40000, Morocco. abdelilahmouhsine@yahoo.fr.
authors.forename: Abdelilah
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mouhsine
authors.forename: Ahmed
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Belkouch
authors.forename: El Mehdi
authors.initials: el M
authors.lastname: Atmane
authors.forename: Redouane
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Rokhssi
authors.forename: Youssef
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Berrada
authors.forename: Lahcen
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Belyamani
authors.forename: Mbarek
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mahfoudi
authors.forename: Abdelghani
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: El Fikri
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000925:Anticoagulants / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D005260:Female; D021501:Flank Pain / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology; D006417:Hematuria / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology; D006493:Heparin / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D006801:Humans; D049590:Postpartum Period; D011247:Pregnancy; D011859:Radiography; D012082:Renal Veins / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D020246:Venous Thrombosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy*
chemical_list: D000925:Anticoagulants; D006493:Heparin