Case Report

Copyright © 2014 Harun Arslan et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Postpartum ovarian vein thrombosis (POVT), which generally occurs 2–15 days postpartum, is a rare complication. It can be confused with acute appendicitis, pelvic infection, ovarian torsion, tubo-ovarian abscess, and pyelonephritis. It is associated with morbidity and mortality. Here, we present a patient with postpartum OVT and IVC diagnosed by US and CT findings. She was treated successfully with no further need for any interventional procedures. 1. Background Ovarian vein thrombosis (OVT), which generally occurs between 2 and 15 days postpartum, is a rare complication. OVT occurs in right ovarian vein in almost 90 % of patients. It can easily be confused with acute appendicitis, pelvic infec-tion, ovarian torsion, tubo-ovarian abscess, and pyelonephri-tis. It may lead to fatal complications such as sepsis, inferior vena cava thrombosis (IVC), pulmonary emboli, and death [1–3]