Transcatheter embolization of pelvic vessels to stop intractable hemorrhage.

Six patients with severe vaginal bleeding were treated with transcatheter embolization of selected pelvic vessels. Three patients had Stage III(b) carcinoma of the cervix, one with dysfunctional uterine bleeding and two patients had gestational trophoblastic disease (GTD) with bleeding from vaginal metastases. Bleeding stopped in four of the six cases. Reasons for failure in the other two cases are given. No other reports of bleeding from vaginal metastases in metastatic GTD treated in this way have been seen in the literature.