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Retained products of conception masquerading as acquired arteriovenous malformation
Aki Kido1, Kaori Togashi, Takashi Koyama
1Department of Nuclear Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Japan.
Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography
|January 25, 2003
Abstract:
This case documents a seldom-described event of retained products of conception masquerading as an acquired arteriovenous malformation (AVM) of the uterus. The patient presented with sudden onset of heavy vaginal bleeding 6 weeks after artificial abortion. Ultrasonography and magnetic resonance imaging revealed a diffuse intramural lesion predominantly consisting of prominent vessels, which raised suspicion of an AVM. Hysterectomy revealed retained products of placenta that were necrotic and encroached into thin myometrium.