Uterine artery pseudoaneurysm: Unusual cause of delayed postpartum hemorrhage

Journal of Clinical Ultrasound

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 189-191

  Gürses, Cemil ^a   Yilmaz, Saim ^b   Biyikli, Sabiha ^c   Yildiz, I Okan ^c   Sindel, Timur ^b  

^a Alanya State Hospital   (Turkey)

^b AKDENIZ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c Alanya Can Hastanesi   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Doppler sonography; Pseudoaneurysm; Selective embolization; Uterine artery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CASE REPORT; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; CESAREAN SECTION; COIL EMBOLIZATION; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; FALSE ANEURYSM; FEMALE; HUMAN; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; THROMBOSIS; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; UTERINE ARTERY; VAGINA BLEEDING;

ADULT; ANEURYSM, FALSE; ANGIOGRAPHY, DIGITAL SUBTRACTION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PREGNANCY; RARE DISEASES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; UTERUS;

EID: 41149148688     PISSN: 00912751     EISSN: 10970096     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcu.20372     Document Type: Article

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