Natural coagulation inhibitory proteins and activated protein C resistance in Turkish patients with inflammatory bowel disease.

Background/aims: Thromboembolic events are a rare but significant complication of inflammatory bowel disease. The aim of this study was to investigate the level of natural coagulation inhibitors and activated protein C resistance in Turkish patients with inflammatory bowel disease.

Methods: Fifty patients (29 male, 21 female) without venous thrombosis history and 37 healthy controls were included in the study.

Bilateral jugular venous thromboembolism and pulmonary emboli in a patient with severe ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome.

We report here a case of severe ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome with massive ascites in a 25-year-old woman with a history of primary infertility after an IVF-ET cycle. At the 9th gestational week she presented with neck pain and dyspnea and duplex Doppler sonographic examination of the neck veins revealed bilateral jugular venous thrombosis. Despite prompt administration of low-molecular weight heparin, pulmonary emboli developed a few days later.