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Obstet Gynecol Sci.  2013 Sep;56(5):333-337.

Failed transarterial embolization of subserosal uterine arteriovenous malformation

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  • 1Division of Maternal and Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Konkuk University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. hwanghs@kuh.ac.kr
  • 2Department of Radiology and Research Institute of Medical Science, Konkuk University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.

Abstract

Uterine arteriovenous malformation (AVM) is rare but potentially life-threatening from excessive vaginal bleeding. All uterine AVMs reported to date have been found in the endometrial or myometrial layers. Here we present a patient with a subserosal type AVM on the fundus of uterus, which spontaneously ruptured.

Keyword

Arteriovenous malformation; Spontaneous rupture; Therapeutic embolization

MeSH Terms

Arteriovenous Malformations
Embolization, Therapeutic
Humans
Rupture, Spontaneous
Uterine Hemorrhage
Uterus
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