Abstract
We report a case of a 35-year-old woman who underwent uterine artery embolization (UAE) for symptomatic multiple uterine fibroids with collateral aberrant right ovarian artery that originated from the right external iliac artery. We believe that this is the first reported case in the literature of this collateral uterine flow by the right ovarian artery originated from the right external iliac artery. We briefly present the details of the case and review the literature on variations of ovarian artery origin that might be encountered during UAE.
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Kwon, J.H., Kim, M.D., Lee, Kh. et al. Aberrant Ovarian Collateral Originating from External Iliac Artery During Uterine Artery Embolization. Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol 36, 269–271 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00270-012-0406-0
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