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Research Articles Issue 2 · 2015 · pp. 222–228 · Issue page

EMBOLIZATION OF AN INTRAUTERINE ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION- A CASE REPORT

DI
Diana Voicu1
BO
Bogdan Dorobat2
OC
Octavian MUNTEANU3
OA
Oana BODEAN4
DR
Dragos DAVITOIU5
RO
Roxana BOHALTEA6
EL
Elvira BRATILA7
MO
Monica CIRSTOIU8
1 Resident physician, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology III, University Emergency Hospital Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania
2 Senior physician, Department of Radiology, University Emergency Hospital Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania.
3 Assistant Professor, Department of Anatomy, University of Medicine and Pharmacy “Carol Davila, Bucharest, Romania
4 Resident physician, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology III, University Emergency Hospital Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania
5 Assistant Professor, Department of General Surgery, University Emergency Hospital Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania
6 Assistant Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology III, University Emergency Hospital Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania
7 Associate Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, “Sf. Pantelimon” Hospital Bucharest
8 Associate Professor, Head of The Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology III, University Emergency Hospital Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania
Corresponding author: [email protected]
Accepted 27 March 2026
Available Online 15 November 2015
Abstract
PURPOSE. TO REPORT A CASE OF A YOUNG WOMAN WITH RECURENT EPISODES OF HEAVY VAGINAL BLEEDING THAT ALTERNATED WITH PERIODS OF MODERATE BLEEDING. THE PATIENT HAS BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH UTERINE ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION IN THE RADIOLOGY DEPARTMENT OF THE UNIVERSITY EMERGENCY HOSPITAL BUCHAREST. GONADOTROPIN -RELEASING HORMONE AGONISTS HAVE BEEN USED AS AN ADJUNCT TO EMBOLIZATION. SUBSEQUENT UTERINE VEINS EMBOLIZATION RESULTED IN COMPLETE DISAPPEARANCE OF THE ARTERIO -VENOUS MALFORMATION, AND NORMAL CYCLES WERE RESUMED TWO MONTHS LATER. DESIGN. CASE REPORT PATIENT. 28 YEARS OLD WOMAN WITH RECURRENT METRORRHAGIAS EXPECTED OUTCOME. DISAPPEARANCE OF AN INTRAUTERINE ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION TREATMENT. GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE AGONISTS AND UTERINE VEINS EMBOLIZATION DIAGNOSIS. UTERINE ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION CONCLUSION. SUBSEQUENT UTERINE VEINS EMBOLIZATION RESULTED IN COMPLETE DISAPPEARANCE OF THE ARTERIO -VENOUS MALFORMATION, AND NORMAL CYCLES WERE RESUMED TWO MONTHS LATER.
Keywords
ARTERIO-VENOUS MALFORMATION UTERINE VEINS EMBOLIZATION.
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