Uterine artery pseudoaneurysm manifesting as postpartum hemorrhage after uneventful second-trimester pregnancy termination

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Research

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 856-860

  Matsubara, Shigeki ^a   Takahashi, Yoshifumi ^a   Usui, Rie ^a   Nakata, Manabu ^a   Kuwata, Tomoyuki ^a   Suzuki, Mitsuaki ^a  

^a JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

color Doppler; embolization; pregnancy termination; pseudoaneurysm; uterine artery

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; GELATIN SPONGE; GEMEPROST; HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CATHETERIZATION; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; EXTRAVASATION; FALSE ANEURYSM; FEMALE; FETUS DEATH; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; JAPANESE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MENSTRUATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PRIMIPARA; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; UTERINE ARTERY; UTERINE ARTERY EMBOLIZATION; UTERINE CERVIX DILATATION; UTERUS CAVITY; VAGINA BLEEDING; VAGINAL DELIVERY; ANEURYSM, FALSE; COMPLICATION; INDUCED ABORTION; PATHOLOGY; PREGNANCY; THERAPY; YOUNG ADULT;

ABORTION, INDUCED; ANEURYSM, FALSE; FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; HUMANS; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; UTERINE ARTERY; UTERINE ARTERY EMBOLIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954921213     PISSN: 13418076     EISSN: 14470756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1447-0756.2010.01190.x     Document Type: Article

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