Acquired Uterine Arteriovenous Malformation Following Dilatation and Curettage Treated with Bilateral Uterine Artery Embolization: A Case Report

Salman Khan; Shakir Saud; Imran Khan; Basit Achakzai

doi:10.7759/cureus.4250

Acquired Uterine Arteriovenous Malformation Following Dilatation and Curettage Treated with Bilateral Uterine Artery Embolization: A Case Report

Cureus. 2019 Mar 13;11(3):e4250. doi: 10.7759/cureus.4250.

Authors

Salman Khan¹, Shakir Saud², Imran Khan³, Basit Achakzai⁴

Affiliations

¹ Internal Medicine, Guthrie Clinic/Robert Packer Hospital, Sayre, USA.
² Family Medicine, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Newark, USA.
³ Internal Medicine, North Shore University Hospital, Hempstead, USA.
⁴ Interventional Radiology, Guthrie Clinic/Robert Packer Hospital, Sayre, USA.

Abstract

Uterine arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) are a rare, potentially life-threatening cause of abnormal uterine bleeding that can be acquired following uterine instrumentation. We herein report a case of acquired uterine AVM following dilatation and curettage (D&C) that was successfully treated with bilateral embolization using Gelfoam (Pfizer, New York, USA) pledgets.

Keywords: dilatation and curettage; gelfoam pledgets; uterine arteriovenous malformation; uterine artery embolization.

Publication types

Case Reports