title: Uterine artery pseudoaneurysm requiring embolization during pregnancy.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Uterine artery pseudoaneurysm has a pathognomonic ultrasound appearance. Its occurrence in pregnancy is life-threatening for both mother and fetus. We present an illustrative case and discuss management with selective uterine artery embolization during pregnancy.
  
  
  METHODS
  A 37-year-old pregnant woman presented with profuse painless vaginal blood loss at a gestational age of 27 weeks. Ultrasonography and magnetic resonance imaging indicated a left-sided uterine artery pseudoaneurysm. Selective embolization of the pseudoaneurysm was performed. Blood loss ceased allowing the pregnancy to continue until term.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Endovascular embolization is a feasible therapeutic option for a uterine artery pseudoaneurysm during pregnancy without compromising fetoplacental perfusion.
authors.affiliation: Division of Obstetrics and Prenatal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, and the Department of Radiology, Erasmus MC, University Medical Centre, Rotterdam, The Netherlands; and the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, St Fransiscus Hospital, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Jérôme
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cornette
authors.forename: Eline
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: van der Wilk
authors.forename: Nina M
authors.initials: NM
authors.lastname: Janssen
authors.forename: Robin M F
authors.initials: RMF
authors.lastname: van der Weiden
authors.forename: Sjoerd F M
authors.initials: SFM
authors.lastname: Jenninkens
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Pattynama
authors.forename: Johannes J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Duvekot
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017541:Aneurysm, False / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011249:Pregnancy Complications, Cardiovascular / Q000628:therapy*; D055988:Uterine Artery; D055357:Uterine Artery Embolization