Successful bilateral uterine artery embolization during an ongoing pregnancy.
BACKGROUND
Uterine arteriovenous malformations are rare, potentially life-threatening, vascular anomalies.


METHODS
We report a case of a large arteriovenous malformation diagnosed during pregnancy that was successfully treated with bilateral uterine artery embolization at 20 weeks of gestation during an ongoing pregnancy. The procedure was uncomplicated, did not result in any fetal heart-rate changes, and, at 35 weeks of gestation, a liveborn male neonate was delivered through repeat cesarean without complications. Both the patient and her son are doing well more than 2 years after the procedure.


CONCLUSIONS
Uterine artery embolization during an ongoing pregnancy did not result in acute complications to the fetus or mother.
Rebarber
Andrei
A
From the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Science and the Department of Interventional Radiology, Mount Sinai Medical Center, and Carnegie Hill Imaging for Women, New York, New York.
Fox
Nathan S
NS
Eckstein
Donna A
DA
Lookstein
Robert A
RA
Saltzman
Daniel H
DH
D000328:Adult; D000792:Angiography; D001158:Arteries / Q000002:abnormalities*; D001164:Arteriovenous Fistula / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications; D011262:Pregnancy Trimester, Second; D055357:Uterine Artery Embolization; D014599:Uterus / Q000098:blood supply