Uterine Arteriovenous Fistula with Concomitant Pelvic Varicocele: Endovascular Embolization with Onyx-18®
Joint Authors
Giurazza, Francesco
Corvino, Fabio
Paladini, Andrea
Borzelli, Antonio
Scognamiglio, Domenico
Frauenfelder, Giulia
Albano, Giuseppe
Sirimarco, Fabio
Niola, Raffaella
Source
Case Reports in Vascular Medicine
Issue
Vol. 2017, Issue 2017 (31 Dec. 2017), pp.1-5, 5 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2017-11-22
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
5
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Uterine arteriovenous fistulas are rare and acquired causes of life-threatening vaginal bleeding.
They usually present with intermittent menometrorrhagia in young patients in childbearing age with history of gynecological procedures on uterus.
Traditional management is hysterectomy; endovascular embolization represents nowadays an alternative strategy for patients wishing to preserve fertility.
Here, the endovascular approach to a 29-year-old woman affected by severe menometrorrhagia caused by a uterine arteriovenous fistula with a concomitant pelvic varicocele is reported; a bilateral uterine arteries embolization with Onyx-18 (ev3, Irvine, CA, USA) has successfully resolved the fistula with clinical success.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Giurazza, Francesco& Corvino, Fabio& Paladini, Andrea& Borzelli, Antonio& Scognamiglio, Domenico& Frauenfelder, Giulia…[et al.]. 2017. Uterine Arteriovenous Fistula with Concomitant Pelvic Varicocele: Endovascular Embolization with Onyx-18®. Case Reports in Vascular Medicine،Vol. 2017, no. 2017, pp.1-5.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Giurazza, Francesco…[et al.]. Uterine Arteriovenous Fistula with Concomitant Pelvic Varicocele: Endovascular Embolization with Onyx-18®. Case Reports in Vascular Medicine No. 2017 (2017), pp.1-5.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1150651
American Medical Association (AMA)
Giurazza, Francesco& Corvino, Fabio& Paladini, Andrea& Borzelli, Antonio& Scognamiglio, Domenico& Frauenfelder, Giulia…[et al.]. Uterine Arteriovenous Fistula with Concomitant Pelvic Varicocele: Endovascular Embolization with Onyx-18®. Case Reports in Vascular Medicine. 2017. Vol. 2017, no. 2017, pp.1-5.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1150651
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1150651