title: Uterine arterial embolization for the treatment of diffuse leiomyomatosis.
abstract: Diffuse leiomyomatosis of the uterus is an extremely rare condition and presents as a diffuse involvement of the myometrium by numerous leiomyomata. Despite patients being in only the third or fourth decades of life, all previously reported patients with this condition have undergone hysterectomy because myomectomy is impossible for this condition. Uterine arterial embolization (UAE) successfully reduced the uterine volume of diffuse leiomyomatosis without major complications in the case presented herein, and the symptoms improved remarkably. Enhanced magnetic resonance imaging after intravenous injection of gadolinium demonstrated global infarction of the vast majority of nodules.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine and Diagnostic Imaging, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, 54 Kawahara-cho, Shogoin, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan 606-8507.
authors.forename: Aki
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kido
authors.forename: Chika
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Monma
authors.forename: Kaori
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Togashi
authors.forename: Hiroyuki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ueda
authors.forename: Kyo
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Itoh
authors.forename: Shingo
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Fujii
authors.forename: Junji
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Konishi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000792:Angiography; D001158:Arteries; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D018231:Leiomyomatosis / Q000098:blood supply / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D015641:Radiography, Interventional; D014594:Uterine Neoplasms / Q000098:blood supply / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D014599:Uterus / Q000098:blood supply*