What is it about?
This paper reports on a rare case of pregnancy after uterine artery embolization (UAE) for uterine arteriovenous malformation (AVM). A 28-year-old woman was admitted to our department due to life-threatening uterine bleeding, resulting in tachycardia, pallor, and sweating. The patient came with a history of two spontaneous miscarriages. After sonography and computed tomography, AVMs were identified at uterine fundus and anterior wall. The pregnancy was successfully completed after embolization.
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Why is it important?
The pathogenesis of infertility after UAE is not yet known. The peculiarity of this case was that, only few months later, the patient became pregnant and gave birth to a live fetus at 37 weeks with cesarean delivery with no complications.
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Writing this article was a great pleasure as it has co-authors with whom I have had long standing collaborations. The cooperation between the various hospital departments was necessary and successful.
Prof. Maurizio Guida
Universita degli Studi di Salerno
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This page is a summary of: Successful pregnancy after uterine artery embolization for uterine arterovenous malformation: a rare case report, International Journal of Women s Health, November 2018, Dove Medical Press,
DOI: 10.2147/ijwh.s182131.
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