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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Journal of Clinical Interventional Radiology ISVIR 2023; 07(03): 197-199
DOI: 10.1055/s-0043-1761621
Case Report

Interstitial Ectopic Pregnancy with Enhanced Myometrial Vascularity: A Rare Case Successfully Treated with Uterine Artery Embolization

Navpreet Kaur Khurana 
1   Department of Radiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
,
Gaurav Gangwani
2   Department of Interventional Radiology, Bhaktivedanta Hospital & Research Institute, Mira Bhayandar, Maharashtra, India
,
Kamalapriya Thiyagarajan
3   Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Bhaktivedanta Hospital & Research Institute, Mira Bhayandar, Maharashtra, India
,
Aditi Chaurasia
4   Department of Radiology, National Institute of Health, India
,
Akanksha Thakre
5   Indira Gandhi Government Medical College, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India
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Abstract

Enhanced myometrial vascularity (EMV) is a rare disorder associated with various obstetrical and gynecological pathologies. We describe a unique case of interstitial ectopic pregnancy associated with EMV successfully managed with bilateral uterine artery embolization.

Keywords

uterine artery embolization - enhanced myometrial vascularity - ectopic pregnancy

Author's Note

Case performed at Bhaktivedanta Hospital & Research Institute, Mumbai.




Publication History

Article published online:
02 February 2023

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