Cesarean scar pregnancy: A rare cause of uterine arteriovenous malformation

Journal of Clinical Ultrasound

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 534-538

  Akbayir, Ozgur ^a   Gedikbasi, Ali ^a   Akyol, Alpaslan ^a   Ucar, Adem ^b   Saygi Ozyurt, Sezin ^a   Gulkilik, Ahmet ^a  

^a Istanbul Bakirkoy Maternity and Children Diseases Hospital   (Turkey)

^b ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Arteriovenous malformation; Bilateral uterine artery embolization; Cesarean scar pregnancy; Doppler; Sonography

Indexed keywords

DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; ENBUCRILATE; GELATIN SPONGE; ONYX COPOLYMER; POLYVINYL DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; CASE REPORT; CESAREAN SECTION; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTOR; SCAR; UTERUS; VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATIONS; CESAREAN SECTION; CICATRIX; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; ENBUCRILATE; FEMALE; GELATIN SPONGE, ABSORBABLE; HUMANS; POLYVINYLS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ECTOPIC; RISK FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; UTERUS;

EID: 80053894223     PISSN: 00912751     EISSN: 10970096     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcu.20848     Document Type: Article

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