Acquired Uterine Arteriovenous Malformation Following Dilatation and Curettage Treated with Bilateral Uterine Artery Embolization: A Case Report

Uterine arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) are a rare, potentially life-threatening cause of abnormal uterine bleeding that can be acquired following uterine instrumentation. We herein report a case of acquired uterine AVM following dilatation and curettage (D&C) that was successfully treated wi...

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Autores principales: Khan, Salman, Saud, Shakir, Khan, Imran, Achakzai, Basit
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2019
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Obstetrics/Gynecology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6516630/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31131173
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.4250
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author Khan, Salman
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description Uterine arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) are a rare, potentially life-threatening cause of abnormal uterine bleeding that can be acquired following uterine instrumentation. We herein report a case of acquired uterine AVM following dilatation and curettage (D&C) that was successfully treated with bilateral embolization using Gelfoam (Pfizer, New York, USA) pledgets.
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spelling pubmed-65166302019-05-26 Acquired Uterine Arteriovenous Malformation Following Dilatation and Curettage Treated with Bilateral Uterine Artery Embolization: A Case Report Khan, Salman Saud, Shakir Khan, Imran Achakzai, Basit Cureus Obstetrics/Gynecology Uterine arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) are a rare, potentially life-threatening cause of abnormal uterine bleeding that can be acquired following uterine instrumentation. We herein report a case of acquired uterine AVM following dilatation and curettage (D&C) that was successfully treated with bilateral embolization using Gelfoam (Pfizer, New York, USA) pledgets. Cureus 2019-03-13 /pmc/articles/PMC6516630/ /pubmed/31131173 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.4250 Text en Copyright © 2019, Khan et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
spellingShingle Obstetrics/Gynecology
Khan, Salman
Saud, Shakir
Khan, Imran
Achakzai, Basit
Acquired Uterine Arteriovenous Malformation Following Dilatation and Curettage Treated with Bilateral Uterine Artery Embolization: A Case Report
title Acquired Uterine Arteriovenous Malformation Following Dilatation and Curettage Treated with Bilateral Uterine Artery Embolization: A Case Report
title_full Acquired Uterine Arteriovenous Malformation Following Dilatation and Curettage Treated with Bilateral Uterine Artery Embolization: A Case Report
title_fullStr Acquired Uterine Arteriovenous Malformation Following Dilatation and Curettage Treated with Bilateral Uterine Artery Embolization: A Case Report
title_full_unstemmed Acquired Uterine Arteriovenous Malformation Following Dilatation and Curettage Treated with Bilateral Uterine Artery Embolization: A Case Report
title_short Acquired Uterine Arteriovenous Malformation Following Dilatation and Curettage Treated with Bilateral Uterine Artery Embolization: A Case Report
title_sort acquired uterine arteriovenous malformation following dilatation and curettage treated with bilateral uterine artery embolization: a case report
topic Obstetrics/Gynecology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6516630/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31131173
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.4250
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