Case Report - Angioembolisation in Vaginal Vascular Malformation

Vaginal arteriovenous malformations are rare entities and their most common presentation is vaginal haemorrhage. This case report describes a 22-year-old woman presented at 20 weeks of gestation with slow growing soft and tender swelling at anterior vaginal wall. Diagnosis was confirmed as vaginal v...

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Published inJournal of postgraduate medicine (Bombay) Vol. 47; no. 1
Main Author Srivastava DN, Saxena AK, Kriplani A, Agarwal N
Format Journal Article
Published India Medknow Publications and Staff Society of Seth GS Medical College and KEM Hospital, Mumbai, India 27.08.2002
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Summary:Vaginal arteriovenous malformations are rare entities and their most common presentation is vaginal haemorrhage. This case report describes a 22-year-old woman presented at 20 weeks of gestation with slow growing soft and tender swelling at anterior vaginal wall. Diagnosis was confirmed as vaginal vascular malformation on contrast enhanced magnetic resonance imaging. The mass did not subside after delivery and patient developed dyspareunia. It was successfully treated by angioembolisation using polyvinyl alcohol particles. Angioembolisation being safe and effective should be the treatment of first choice in the treatment of symptomatic vaginal vascular malformation.
ISSN:0022-3859