Uma Complicação Grave da Embolização das Artérias Uterinas

• Autor(es): Correia, L ; Simões, T
• Data: 2013
• Identificador Persistente: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.17/1743
• Origem: Repositório do Centro Hospitalar de Lisboa Central, EPE
• Assunto(s): MAC MED MAF; Mioma; Embolização da Artéria Uterina
• Tipo de Documento: Artigo
• Idioma: Português

Descrição

Uterine artery embolisation has been used as a therapeutic alternative for symptomatic uterine myomas. It is considered a safe and effective procedure, with very few cases published involving complications. The authors present a case of a 35-year-old nulliparous woman with an intramural myoma with 161x143x85mm, submitted to an uterine artery embolisation complicated by uterine necrosis. A hysterectomy was performed. This casereport reinforces the idea that artery embolization is not a riskfree procedure and serious complications may occur. Therefore, patients should be carefully selected.