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An oocyte pick-up procedure complicated with pseudoaneurysm of the internal iliac artery
Gurkan Bozdag1, Ahmet Basaran, Barbaros Cil
1Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hacettepe University, School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey. gbozdag@hacettepe.edu.tr
Objective:
To describe a patient with a pseudoaneurysm of the internal iliac artery after oocyte retrieval, during an intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) and embryo transfer cycle.
Design:
Case report.
Setting:
Tertiary center for assisted reproductive technologies (ART).
Patient(S):
A 22-year-old woman with a duration of 6 years of primary infertility.
Intervention(S):
The evaluation of the pseudoaneurysm with ultrasonography and angiography. The management of pregnancy complicated with pseudoaneurysm and viable treatment modalities.
Main Outcome Measure(S):
Healthy baby and treatment of pseudoaneurysm.
Results(S):
A healthy female infant with a birth weight of 1,470 g was born by cesarean section at 32 weeks of gestation. The pseudoaneurysm of the left inferior pudental artery was completely embolized with 1 mL (50%) of N-butyl-2-cyanoacrylate.
Conclusion(S):
The pseudoaneurysm of the iliac vessels is an extremely rare complication of the oocyte retrieval procedure. With a multidisciplinary approach, optimal management should depend on the diameter and localization of the pseudoaneurysm, week of gestation, hemodynamic status of the mother and infant, and the available technologies.
