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Septic pelvic thrombophlebitis of unknown origin: an ever threatening entity.

Roberta Muriel Longo Roepke, Fernando Peixoto Ferraz de Campos, Silvana Maria Lovisolo, Eduardo Henrique Sena Santos

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Article in Autopsy & case reports. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Roberta Muriel Longo RoepkeDepartment of Internal Medicine - Hospital das Clínicas - Faculdade de Medicina - Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo/SP - Brazil.
Fernando Peixoto Ferraz de CamposDepartment of Internal Medicine - Hospital Universitário - Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo/SP - Brazil.
Silvana Maria LovisoloAnatomic Pathology Service - Hospital Universitário - Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo/SP - Brazil.
Eduardo Henrique Sena SantosDiagnostic Imaging Service - Hospital Universitário - Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo/SP - Brazil.
Hospital Universitário da Universidade de São Paulo · BRHospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo · BR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Septic pelvic thrombophlebitis (SPT) is a rare and severe entity, which may occur after abortion, delivery, gynecological diseases, or surgeries. Diagnosis is challenging when no risk factor is clearly present, since clinically, symptoms are non-specific. Nowadays, with the aid of imaging methods, diagnosis has become more achievable, but the treatment still bears some uncertainties. The authors present a fatal case of SPT in a young woman who sought medical care already presenting signs of septic shock, referring fever and non-characteristic abdominal pain. The patient evolved rapidly to multiple organ failure and respiratory distress, which was also due to septic pulmonary embolism. The autopsy confirmed the computed tomographic findings of a right ovarian vein septic thrombophlebitis and multiple septic pulmonary embolization foci. The patient did not present any of the recognized risk factors; neither did she present signs of pelvic inflammatory disease on admission or at autopsy. However, an intrauterine device was present. The authors call attention to this entity in the differential diagnosis of a woman with fever and abdominal pain, as well as for an empiric broad-spectrum antibiotic regimen in these cases.

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Abdominal PainInfectionPelvisThrombophlebitisVenous Thrombosis

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PMID28573117
PMCPMC5444397
OpenAlexW2081061704

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