Selective Embolisation of a Heavily Bleeding Cervical Fibroid in a Pregnant Woman

Paul N M Lohle; Peter F. Boekkooi; Cora A. Fiedeldeij; Hubert J J M Berden; Wim de Jong; Jim A. Reekers; Arie Franx; Willem Jan J van Rooij

doi:10.1007/s00270-015-1099-y

Selective Embolisation of a Heavily Bleeding Cervical Fibroid in a Pregnant Woman

Paul N M Lohle^*, Peter F. Boekkooi, Cora A. Fiedeldeij, Hubert J J M Berden, Wim de Jong, Jim A. Reekers, Arie Franx, Willem Jan J van Rooij

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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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1649-53
Number of pages	5
Journal	Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiology
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s00270-015-1099-y
Publication status	Published - 23 Apr 2015

Keywords

Arterial intervention
Clinical practice
Embolization
Emergency medicine
Fibroid
Hemorrhage
Uterine fibroid
Uterine fibroid embolization (UFE)

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Selective Embolisation of a Heavily Bleeding Cervical Fibroid in a Pregnant Woman

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