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Intrauterine arterial pseudoaneurysm, a rare cause of per vaginal bleeding

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Abstract

The current study evaluated two cases of pervaginal bleeding subsequent of intrauterine arterial pseudoaneurysm. Each case was complaining of intermittent attacks of heavy vaginal bleeding: one case with history of cesarean section and the other case after uterine curettage. Intrauterine arterial pseudoaneurysm can be caused by a traumatic injury to the vessel wall with subsequent formation of periarterial hematoma that liquefies forming periarterial bloody cyst, which communicates through the narrow neck with the arterial lumen. Transvaginal ultrasound aided with color duplex capability is an accurate tool for assessment.

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Il presente studio descrive due casi di sanguinamento vaginale dovuto a pseudoaneurisma arterioso intrauterino. Entrambi i casi presentavano episodi intermittenti di abbondante sanguinamento vaginale; in un caso l’anamnesi era positiva per parto cesareo, nell’altro caso per revisione uterina. Lo pseudoaneurisma arterioso intra-uterino può essere causato da lesioni traumatiche alla parete dei vasi con successiva formazione di ematomi periarteriosi a rischio di rottura e sanguinamento. L’ecografia transvaginale con eco-color Doppler è uno strumento accurato per la valutazione di tale complicanza.

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  1. Department of Radio Diagnosis, Faculty of Medicine, Fayoum University, Faiyum, Egypt

    Ashraf Talaat Youssef

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Youssef, A.T. Intrauterine arterial pseudoaneurysm, a rare cause of per vaginal bleeding. J Ultrasound 21, 333–337 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40477-018-0295-4

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