SUMMARY BACKGROUND: Anxiety is almost always present before medical interventions and may play a role in pain perception. We aim to evaluate factors associated with pain intensity reported by patients submitted to Office Hysteroscopy (OH). METHODS: Cross-sectional observational study, with data from April to November 2015. It included patients attended at the Assis Chateaubriand Maternity School (MEAC/UFC) with an indication of office hysteroscopy. Before the examination, the patients answered a validated questionnaire about anxiety (STAI). After the examination, women answered the Visual Analogue Scale (VAS). The data were analyzed using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) 15.0, with Spearman correlation, Mann-Whitney U-test, and analyses of variance. RESULTS: 252 patients were included, with a mean age of 45.7 years, of whom 29% were postmenopausal (mean pain 5.5) and 71% were in menacme (mean pain 5.1) (p = 0.258). The anxiety trait and state showed a significant influence on the pain scale (p <0.001 and p=0.001), but age or endometrial sample did not. 27% of the patients were nulliparous. Less pain was associated with the number (p=0.01) and vaginal (p=0.005) of deliveries. The main indication for the procedure was abnormal uterine bleeding (54.4%). CONCLUSION: OH may be associated with moderate but tolerable discomfort. There was a significant correlation between higher scores on the pain scale and anxiety. There was evidence of reduced pain with parity and type of delivery, but not with reproductive age or endometrial biopsy.

Introdução: A trombose de veia ovariana (TVO) é uma condição rara mas potencialmente grave, ocorrendo predominantemente no período pós-parto. A clínica é inespecífica, geralmente manifestando-se como síndrome abdominal dolorosa febril. Relato de caso: Paciente do sexo feminino, 32 anos, gestante (G4P4 vaginais), a termo com quadro clínico de convulsão seguida de parada cardiorrespiratória no hospital de origem. Evoluiu para parto vaginal após drogas sedativas e hemorragia puerperal levando a choque hipovolêmico revertido após drogas vasoativas. Paciente iniciou quadro de febre persistente apesar de culturas negativas e uso de antibióticos de largo espectro. Realizado tomografia computadorizada (TC) de abdome e pelve que evidenciou tromboflebite de veia gonadal direita. Iniciado anticoagulação plena com melhora do quadro febril após 48 horas. Conclusão: A paciente do caso apresentou melhora clínica logo em seguida a anticoagulação e não houve efeitos adversos. Nos últimos 20 anos, a introdução da TC e da ressonância magnética (RNM) revolucionou o diagnóstico de tromboflebite pélvica que permite avaliar o diagnóstico e inclusive a resposta à terapia com heparina. O manejo anticoagulante da TVO persiste controverso até os dias atuais, porém quando associado à antibióticos apresentou-se segura e com boa reposta clínica.