Septic pelvic thrombophlebitis of unknown origin: an ever threatening entity

• Main Authors: Roberta Muriel Longo Roepke (Author), Fernando Peixoto Ferraz de Campos (Author), Silvana Maria Lovisolo (Author), Eduardo Henrique Sena Santos (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: University of São Paulo, 2014-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
• Online Access: Connect to this object online.

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, d...