EMBOLIZATION OF AN INTRAUTERINE ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION - A CASE REPORT

PURPOSE. TO REPORT A CASE OF A YOUNG WOMAN WITH RECURENT EPISODES OF HEAVY VAGINALBLEEDING THAT ALTERNATED WITH PERIODS OF MODERATE BLEEDING. THE PATIENT HAS BEENDIAGNOSED WITH UTERINE ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION IN THE RADIOLOGY DEPARTMENTOF THE UNIVERSITY EMERGENCY HOSPITAL BUCHAREST. GONADOTROPIN-...

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Published in:Research and science today 2015-11, Vol.10 (2), p.222-228
Main Authors: Voicu, Diana, Dorobat, Bogdan, Munteanu, Octavian, Bodean, Oana, Davitoiu, Dragos Virgil, Bohaltea, Roxana, Bratila, Elvira, Cirstoiu, Monica-Mihaela
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Angiography
Blood vessels
College professors
Embolization
Emergency medical services
Fertility
Fistula
General Reference Works
Gynecology
Health and medicine and law
Hysterectomy
Magnetic resonance
Medical imaging
Medicine
Menstruation
Obstetrics
Physicians
Radiology
Reproductive health
Surgery
Ultrasonic imaging
Uterus
Veins & arteries
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Summary:PURPOSE. TO REPORT A CASE OF A YOUNG WOMAN WITH RECURENT EPISODES OF HEAVY VAGINALBLEEDING THAT ALTERNATED WITH PERIODS OF MODERATE BLEEDING. THE PATIENT HAS BEENDIAGNOSED WITH UTERINE ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION IN THE RADIOLOGY DEPARTMENTOF THE UNIVERSITY EMERGENCY HOSPITAL BUCHAREST. GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONEAGONISTS HAVE BEEN USED AS AN ADJUNCT TO EMBOLIZATION. SUBSEQUENT UTERINE VEINSEMBOLIZATION RESULTED IN COMPLETE DISAPPEARANCE OF THE ARTERIO-VENOUSMALFORMATION, AND NORMAL CYCLES WERE RESUMED TWO MONTHS LATER.DESIGN. CASE REPORTPATIENT. 28 YEARS OLD WOMAN WITH RECURRENT METRORRHAGIASEXPECTED OUTCOME. DISAPPEARANCE OF AN INTRAUTERINE ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATIONTREATMENT. GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE AGONISTS AND UTERINE VEINSEMBOLIZATION DIAGNOSIS. UTERINE ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATIONCONCLUSION. SUBSEQUENT UTERINE VEINS EMBOLIZATION RESULTED IN COMPLETEDISAPPEARANCE OF THE ARTERIO-VENOUS MALFORMATION, AND NORMAL CYCLES WERERESUMED TWO MONTHS LATER.
ISSN:2247-4455
2285-9632