Fatal Sepsis after Uterine Artery Embolization with Microspheres
| Autor: | Lorine B. Jorna-Meijer, Cees de Vries, Helma M. Prinssen, Sjoerd de Blok, Hans L.G. Blaauwgeers |
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| Rok vydání: | 2003 |
| Předmět: |
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medicine.medical_specialty medicine.medical_treatment Autopsy Vaginal wall Microsphere Sepsis Necrosis Postoperative Complications Uterine artery embolization medicine Humans Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging Treatment Failure Embolization Leiomyoma business.industry Uterus Myometrium Arteries medicine.disease Embolization Therapeutic Magnetic Resonance Imaging Microspheres female genital diseases and pregnancy complications Surgery medicine.anatomical_structure Uterine Neoplasms Vagina Female Radiology Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine business |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology. 14:779-783 |
| ISSN: | 1051-0443 |
| DOI: | 10.1097/01.rvi.0000079988.80153.61 |
| Popis: | A case report of fatal sepsis after uterine artery embolization (UAE) with microspheres is presented. At autopsy, microspheres were found not only in arteries in the leiomyomata and myometrium but also in the parametria and the vagina, leading to a necrotic vaginal wall and uterine cervix. At present, polyvinyl alcohol particles are usually used in UAE. Recently, study results of the use of microspheres in embolization procedures have become available. The rationale for the choice of a specific embolization particle and the clinical implications of possible sepsis after UAE are discussed. |
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