Fatal pulmonary thromboembolism after uterine artery embolization for uterine myoma: A case report.

Park, So Young; Jung, Hyuk

doi:2011.54.1.62

Case Report

Korean Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology 2011;54(1):62-65.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5468/KJOG.2011.54.1.62 Published online January 1, 2011.

Fatal pulmonary thromboembolism after uterine artery embolization for uterine myoma: A case report.

So Young Park, Hyuk Jung

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Chosun University School of Medicine, Gwangju, Korea. bimilo@hanmail.net

Abstract

A 34-year-old woman with 10x8 cm sized myoma who was unmarried state willing to be pregnant received uterine artery embolization to treat myoma. There was no problem in pre-operative, per-operative and post-operative laboratory or physical exam but patient had sudden death that later confirmed to be pulmonary thromboembolism in the autopsy. Uterine artery embolization is a minimally invasive method to treat uterine myoma. Although there can be some complications, thromboembolic complications after uterine artery embolization are very infrequent. We present a case of death occurred from a pulmonary embolism after uterine artery embolization to treat uterine myoma.

Key Words: Myoma, Embolization, Complications, Thromboembolism