title: Uteroenteric fistula after uterine artery embolization.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Uterine artery embolization is a common procedure for symptomatic leiomyomas and is being used as a less invasive alternative to a hysterectomy. This is a report of an uteroenteric fistula after uterine artery embolization.
  
  
  METHODS
  A 50-year-old woman developed an uteroenteric fistula that was seen on a computed tomography scan 6 months after she had an uncomplicated uterine artery embolization for symptomatic leiomyomas. She was managed surgically with a hysterectomy and small bowel resection with reanastomosis.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Uteroenteric fistula can occur as a complication of uterine artery embolization for leiomyoma management.
authors.affiliation: From the Division of Gynecologic Oncology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Washington University School of Medicine and Siteman Cancer Center, St. Louis, Missouri; and the Section of Interventional Radiology, Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri.
authors.forename: Summer B
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Dewdney
authors.forename: Naganathan B
authors.initials: NB
authors.lastname: Mani
authors.forename: Darryl A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Zuckerman
authors.forename: Premal H
authors.initials: PH
authors.lastname: Thaker
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007044:Hysterectomy; D007412:Intestinal Fistula / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D007421:Intestine, Small / Q000601:surgery; D007889:Leiomyoma / Q000601:surgery*; D008875:Middle Aged; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D055357:Uterine Artery Embolization / Q000009:adverse effects*; D014594:Uterine Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D014599:Uterus