Venous Intravasation During Hysterosalpingography

Savvas P Deftereos; Vasileios Balomenos; Konstantinos Frigkas; Chrysovalantis Stylianou; Soultana Foutzitzi

doi:10.7759/cureus.20489

Venous Intravasation During Hysterosalpingography

Cureus. 2021 Dec 17;13(12):e20489. doi: 10.7759/cureus.20489. eCollection 2021 Dec.

Authors

Savvas P Deftereos^{1

2}, Vasileios Balomenos³, Konstantinos Frigkas², Chrysovalantis Stylianou⁴, Soultana Foutzitzi²

Affiliations

¹ Radiology, Democritus University of Thrace, Alexandroupolis, GRC.
² Radiology, University Hospital of Alexandroupolis, Alexandroupolis, GRC.
³ Radiology and Interventional Radiology, University Hospital of Alexandroupolis, Alexandroupolis, GRC.
⁴ Radiology and Interventional Radiology, Democritus University of Thrace, Alexandroupolis, GRC.

Abstract

Hysterosalpingography (HSG) is an imaging method performed to assess tubal occlusion in cases of infertility, ectopic pregnancy, and hyperplasia. Although venous intravasation (VI) is a rare occurrence during HSG, it is associated with thromboembolic episodes and misinterpreted HSG. We present a rare case report of a 41-year-old female who underwent HSG and the introduction of contrast medium to the pelvic drainage system via the uterine cavity and the myometrium.

Keywords: hysterosalpingography; intravasation; pelvic veins; uterine cavity; venous.

Publication types

Case Reports