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Paul N M Lohle1, Peter F Boekkooi2, Cora A Fiedeldeij3, Hubert J J M Berden4, Wim de Jong5, Jim A Reekers6, Arie Franx7, Willem Jan J van Rooij8.
Abstract
We report a case of a 20-week pregnant woman, who underwent embolisation of a cervical fibroid to end a life-threatening massive bleeding. This is the first reported case in the literature of a super-selective uterine fibroid embolisation (UFE) in a pregnant woman, even though pregnancy is considered an absolute contraindication for UFE. This rare case demonstrates that UFE can be safely performed during pregnancy providing an excellent short- and long-term clinical outcome for both mother and child.Entities:
Keywords: Arterial intervention; Clinical practice; Embolization; Emergency medicine; Fibroid; Hemorrhage; Uterine fibroid; Uterine fibroid embolization (UFE)
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Year: 2015 PMID: 25902856 DOI: 10.1007/s00270-015-1099-y
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol ISSN: 0174-1551 Impact factor: 2.740