EMBOLIZATION OF AN INTRAUTERINE ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION - A CASE REPORT -
EMBOLIZATION OF AN INTRAUTERINE ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION - A CASE REPORT -

Summary/Abstract: 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.

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