title: [Role of imaging in cases of bleeding after spontaneous or induced abortion].
abstract: Post-abortum hemorrhage is a common clinical situation and etiological diagnosis has to be made early to avoid further complications such as persistent bleeding, infection or adhesions that may compromise fertility. Retained products of conception are the most common cause of bleeding. The diagnosis is based on endovaginal color doppler ultrasound showing a thickened and hypervascular endometrial echo-complex extending partly to the myometrium. The main differential diagnosis is uterine arteriovenous malformation, mostly iatrogenic. Diagnosis is based on the presence of myometrial confluent cystic lesions filled with turbulent and high velocity arterial flow on endovaginal color doppler ultrasound. The distinction between these two etiologies of post-abortion bleeding is mandatory because of totally different treatment: typically medical and/or surgical in case of retained products of conception and by selective arterial embolization in case of vascular malformation.
authors.affiliation: Service d'imagerie diagnostique et interventionnelle, hôpital de L'Archet 2, 151, route Saint-Antoine-de-Ginestière, 06200 Nice, France. Electronic address: chassang.m@chu-nice.fr.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Chassang
authors.affiliation: Service d'imagerie diagnostique et interventionnelle, hôpital de L'Archet 2, 151, route Saint-Antoine-de-Ginestière, 06200 Nice, France. Electronic address: baudin.g@chu-nice.fr.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Baudin
authors.affiliation: Service de gynécologie-obstétrique, hôpital de L'Archet 2, 151, route Saint-Antoine-de-Ginestière, 06200 Nice, France. Electronic address: delotte.j@chu-nice.fr.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Delotte
authors.affiliation: Service de gynécologie-obstétrique, hôpital de L'Archet 2, 151, route Saint-Antoine-de-Ginestière, 06200 Nice, France. Electronic address: trastour.c@chu-nice.fr.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Trastour
authors.affiliation: Service de gynécologie-obstétrique, hôpital de L'Archet 2, 151, route Saint-Antoine-de-Ginestière, 06200 Nice, France. Electronic address: bongain.a@chu-nice.fr.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bongain
authors.affiliation: Service d'imagerie diagnostique et interventionnelle, hôpital de L'Archet 2, 151, route Saint-Antoine-de-Ginestière, 06200 Nice, France. Electronic address: chevallier.p@chu-nice.fr.
authors.forename: Patrick
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Chevallier
mesh_terms: D000028:Abortion, Induced / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D000022:Abortion, Spontaneous / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D001165:Arteriovenous Malformations / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008796:Metrorrhagia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D011247:Pregnancy; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D018615:Ultrasonography, Doppler, Color; D014564:Urogenital Abnormalities / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014599:Uterus / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging
keywords: Arteriovenous malformation; Malformation artério-veineuse utérine: Échographie; Métrorragie post-abortum; Post-partum hemorrhage; Retained products of conception; Résidus trophoblastiques; Ultrasonography