Abdominal Myomectomy Versus Uterine Fibroid Embolization in the Treatment of Symptomatic Uterine Leiomyomas
Mahmood K. Razavi1,
Gloria Hwang1,
Ayda Jahed1,
Shohreh Modanloo1 and
Bertha Chen2
1 Department of Vascular and Interventional Radiology, H-3651, Stanford
University Vascular Center, 300 Pasteur Dr., Stanford, CA 94305.
2 Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Stanford University Hospital,
Stanford, CA 94305.

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Fig. 1A. 38-year-old woman with uterine fibroids. Before embolization,
pelvic angiogram reveals enlarged uterine arteries (arrows)
bilaterally.
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Fig. 1B. 38-year-old woman with uterine fibroids. After embolization,
pelvic arteriogram shows absence of uterine arteries.
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Fig. 1C. 38-year-old woman with uterine fibroids. Selective right
(C) and left (D) uterine angiograms show hypervascular
tumor.
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Fig. 1D. 38-year-old woman with uterine fibroids. Selective right
(C) and left (D) uterine angiograms show hypervascular
tumor.
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Fig. 1E. 38-year-old woman with uterine fibroids. Selective left
uterine arteriogram after embolization shows stasis for flow in main uterine
artery after embolization.
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