Selective Arterial Embolisation of Uterine Arteriovenous Malformation in an Infertile Patient, subsequent Term Pregnancy and Postpartum Recurrence

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ÇİFTÇİ E., ÇAKIR Ö., Cicek Ö. S., ÇAM İ.

JCPSP-JOURNAL OF THE COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS PAKISTAN, vol.32, no.2, pp.239-241, 2022 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 32 Issue: 2
  • Publication Date: 2022
  • Doi Number: 10.29271/jcpsp.2022.02.239
  • Journal Name: JCPSP-JOURNAL OF THE COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS PAKISTAN
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, CAB Abstracts, EMBASE, MEDLINE, Veterinary Science Database
  • Page Numbers: pp.239-241
  • Keywords: &nbsp, Fertility, Pregnancy, Therapeutic embolisation, Uterus, Arteriovenous malformation
  • Kocaeli University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Uterine arteriovenous malformation (AVM) is a rare entity. This report describes selective catheterisation and embolisation of a uterine AVM in an infertile woman, subsequent spontaneous pregnancy and postpartum recurrence of the AVM treated with a second embolisation procedure. A 22-year woman presented with menometrorrhagia and failure to conceive. Pelvic magnetic resonance imaging showed a large uterine AVM. Selective catheterisation and embolisation of the AVM was performed. The patient conceived spontaneously two months later and delivered vaginally. A second embolisation was performed due to recurrence of uterine AVM at six months postpartum. This is the first case reporting postpartum recurrence of a pre-conceptionally treated uterine AVM. Selective catheterisation and embolisation is a minimally-invasive, fertility-preserving procedure that successfully treats uterine AVM and should be the treatment of choice when the patient desires pregnancy. Successful pregnancy and vaginal delivery following embolisation is possible; however, an increased awareness of postpartum AVM recurrence is required.