Uma Complicação Grave da Embolização das Artérias Uterinas

• Author(s): Correia, L ; Simões, T
• Date: 2013
• Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.17/1743
• Origin: Repositório do Centro Hospitalar de Lisboa Central, EPE
• Subject(s): MAC MED MAF; Mioma; Embolização da Artéria Uterina
• Document Type: Article
• Language: Portuguese

Description

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.