Leiomyosarcoma in a premenopausal patient after uterine artery embolization
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A lack of clinical response to a technically successful procedure should alert caregivers that further evaluation and/or therapy is needed. The case of a premenopausal 45-year-old woman who underwent uterine artery embolization for suspected symptomatic leiomyomata, but who later became symptomatic with recurrent disease, is presented.
Publication Name: American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0002-9378
Year: 2004
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Small bowel obstruction due to adhesive disease observed after uterine fibroid embolization
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An unusual case of a delayed complete small bowel obstruction caused by adhesions observed after uterine fibroid embolization (UFE) is presented. It is suggested that in patients presenting with abdominal pain who have previously undergone UFE, small bowel obstruction should have included in the differential diagnosis.
Publication Name: American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0002-9378
Year: 2005
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Gluteal necrotizing myofascitis: an unusual delayed complication of abdominal sacrocolpopexy
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Doctors describe the case of a 51-year-old woman who developed a muscle infection called myofascitis as a complication of an operation to treat uterine prolapse. The operation involves placing mesh in the abdomen, which in this case became infected.
Publication Name: American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0002-9378
Year: 2001
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