Pelvic Arteriovenous Malformation: A Case Report.
10.3348/jkrs.1995.33.6.865
- Author:
Young Duk JOH
;
Jong Min KIM
;
Jin Do HUH
- Publication Type:Case Report
- MeSH:
Angiography;
Arteries;
Arteriovenous Malformations*;
Choriocarcinoma;
Drug Therapy;
Female;
Humans;
Magnetic Resonance Imaging;
Pelvis;
Pregnancy;
Rare Diseases;
Uterus;
Veins
- From:Journal of the Korean Radiological Society
1995;33(6):865-868
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Arteriovenous mafformation(AVM) of female pelvic organ is a rare disease of unknown cause. The authors' report a case of pelvic AVM which was incidentally found during US examination of the patient with choriocarcinoma after chemotherapy. The real-time sonography revealed several cystic lesions around the uterus with adjacent dilated tortuous vessels. The color Doppler sonography depicted abundant blood flow mixed with red and blue colors within the cystic lesions and rapid turbulent systolic and diastolic flows. CT showed well-enhancing round vascular lesions with elongated vessels in the pelvis, and MRI depicted signal-void cystic lesions on both T1 and T2 weighted images with small portions of high intensity within the lesions on T2 weighted image. The angiography revealed pelvic AVM fed by tortuous uterine and vaginal arteries with a dilated draining vein
