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Embolization therapy successfully treated a rare uterine artery pseudoaneurysm in a 31-year-old postpartum woman, preventing complications of pregnancy-related rupture.
Case Report (n=1)
Prompt sonographic diagnosis and embolization therapy can successfully treat uterine artery pseudoaneurysms and prevent pregnancy-related rupture complications.
Embolization may aid rare postpartum uterine artery pseudoaneurysms; case report leaves open need for prospective validation.
In Brief Background Preexisting aneurysms in several arterial locations have been associated with an increased risk of rupture in pregnancy. We report a rare case of uterine artery pseudoaneurysm that presented during the puerperium. Case A 31-year-old woman had moderate suprapubic pain on postpartum day 8. The diagnosis of uterine artery aneurysm was made by duplex Doppler sonography and confirmed by arteriography. It was successfully treated by embolization of the left uterine artery. Conclusion In a rare case of pseudoaneurysm of the uterine artery, the complications of pregnancy-related aneurysmal rupture were prevented by prompt sonographic diagnosis and embolization therapy. Sonographic diagnosis and embolization therapy of a uterine artery pseudoaneurysm prevented complications of pregnancy-related rupture.
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Zimon et al. (1999) conducted a case report in Uterine artery pseudoaneurysm (n=1). Embolization of the left uterine artery was evaluated on Prevention of complications of pregnancy-related aneurysmal rupture. Embolization therapy successfully treated a rare uterine artery pseudoaneurysm in a 31-year-old postpartum woman, preventing complications of pregnancy-related rupture.
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