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11109163

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-3-1
pubmed:abstractText
Bilateral uterine artery embolization has recently been employed as an alternative to operational treatment of uterine leiomyomas. The pathologic features induced by uterine artery embolization have not been previously described in detail. Usually patients experience symptomatic improvement with a reduction in size of the leiomyomas. This report describes the pathologic features in a series of 10 uterine leiomyomas where tissue was available for histologic examination following uterine artery embolization. Characteristic histologic features within the leiomyomas included massive necrosis, sometimes with dystrophic calcification, vascular thrombosis, and intravascular foreign material that elicited a histiocytic and foreign-body giant cell reaction. In some cases, intravascular foreign material was present elsewhere in the myometrium, the cervix, or paraovarian region. In occasional cases, there were foci of myometrial necrosis and microabscess formation beyond the confines of the leiomyomas. Foci of extrauterine inflammation were also occasionally identified. Histopathologists should be aware of these findings because the use of uterine artery embolization will possibly become more widespread in the future.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0277-1691
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
19
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
342-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2000
pubmed:articleTitle
Pathologic features of uterine leiomyomas following uterine artery embolization.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Pathology, Royal Group of Hospitals Trust, Belfast, Northern Ireland.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports