From the Division of Gynecologic Oncology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Washington University School of Medicine and Siteman Cancer Center, St. Louis, Missouri; and the Section of Interventional Radiology, Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri.
Obstet Gynecol. 2011 Aug;118(2 Pt 2):434-436. doi: 10.1097/AOG.0b013e31821082a3.
Uterine artery embolization is a common procedure for symptomatic leiomyomas and is being used as a less invasive alternative to a hysterectomy. This is a report of an uteroenteric fistula after uterine artery embolization.
A 50-year-old woman developed an uteroenteric fistula that was seen on a computed tomography scan 6 months after she had an uncomplicated uterine artery embolization for symptomatic leiomyomas. She was managed surgically with a hysterectomy and small bowel resection with reanastomosis.
Uteroenteric fistula can occur as a complication of uterine artery embolization for leiomyoma management.
子宫动脉栓塞术是治疗有症状子宫肌瘤的常见方法，并且正在被用作一种比子宫切除术更具侵入性的替代方法。这是一例子宫动脉栓塞术后发生的子宫-肠瘘病例报告。
一名 50 岁女性，在因有症状的子宫肌瘤进行了无并发症的子宫动脉栓塞术后 6 个月，在计算机断层扫描上发现了子宫-肠瘘。她接受了手术治疗，包括子宫切除术和小肠部分切除及再吻合术。
子宫动脉栓塞术治疗子宫肌瘤可能会导致子宫-肠瘘并发症。
