title: Retained calcified fibroid fragments after uterine artery embolization for fibroids.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To document a case of retained calcified fibroid fragments after uterine artery embolization (UAE) for fibroids.
  
  
  METHODS
  Case report.
  
  
  METHODS
  Teaching district general hospital.
  
  
  METHODS
  A woman with past history of UAE for fibroids.
  
  
  METHODS
  Bilateral UAE.
  
  
  METHODS
  Retained calcified fibroid fragments.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Retained calcified fibroid fragments can occur after UAE.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Retained calcified fibroid fragments can occur after UAE and may be associated with infertility and menstrual disorders. Measures to detect this complication in women with these problems who have undergone UAE are appropriate.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Kent and Canterbury Hospital, Canterbury, Kent, United Kingdom. toh.tan@doctors.org.uk
authors.forename: Toh Lick
authors.initials: TL
authors.lastname: Tan
authors.forename: Nagy
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Rafla
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001158:Arteries; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007889:Leiomyoma / Q000628:therapy*; D018365:Neoplasm, Residual / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D014463:Ultrasonography; D014594:Uterine Neoplasms / Q000628:therapy*; D014599:Uterus / Q000098:blood supply*