Case report: fracture of central intrauterine tube following insertion of high dose rate intracavitary applicator.
We present a unique complication of high dose rate afterloading intrauterine brachytherapy occurring in a patient requiring treatment for carcinoma of the uterus. A high dose rate afterloading intrauterine insertion was performed under general anaesthetic, following which routine check films revealed that the central uterine tube had fractured at the level of the cervical os.
Tyrie
L K
LK
Mount Vernon Centre for Cancer Treatment, Mount Vernon Hospital, Northwood, Middlesex, UK.
Hoskin
P J
PJ
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D000368:Aged; D001918:Brachytherapy / Q000295:instrumentation*; D016889:Endometrial Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D004868:Equipment Failure; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011859:Radiography