The American journal of emergency medicine
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Ovarian vein thrombosis: A rare cause of abdominal pain as a complication of an elective abortion.
Ovarian vein thrombosis (OVT) is a rare diagnosis. Patients can appear to be very uncomfortable on presentation with a physical examination that can mimic an acute abdomen. ⋯ The complications from an OVT are significant and include sepsis, thrombophlebitis and pulmonary embolism [Harris et al., 2012]. Here we describe a case of OVT with an atypical presentation, diagnosed twenty-four hours after an elective D&C for a second trimester abortion.