PURPOSE OF INVESTIGATION: The aim of this report is to describe a case of uterine arteriovenous malformation that occurred in a 54-year-old postmenopausal woman referring recurrent postmenopausal bleeding, after two years of tamoxifen therapy. METHODS: Medical therapy with GnRh agonists was unsuccessful. Ultrasound and Doppler flow ultrasound scanning were normal and the following hysteroscopy was normal as well. RESULTS: Hysterosonography performed on the patient made us suspect the presence of an intracavitary vascular lesion which was confirmed histologically after hysterectomy. CONCLUSION: In our case hysterosonography allowed us--by creating optimal contrast between the uterine wall and the uterine cavity--to suspect and identify the lesion and to recognize the typical ultrasound findings of this pathology not visualized with standard transvaginal ultrasound.

Uterine arteriovenous malformation: a case report diagnosed by sonohysterography.

PAPADIA, ANDREA;VALENZANO MENADA, MARIO
2005-01-01

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PURPOSE OF INVESTIGATION: The aim of this report is to describe a case of uterine arteriovenous malformation that occurred in a 54-year-old postmenopausal woman referring recurrent postmenopausal bleeding, after two years of tamoxifen therapy. METHODS: Medical therapy with GnRh agonists was unsuccessful. Ultrasound and Doppler flow ultrasound scanning were normal and the following hysteroscopy was normal as well. RESULTS: Hysterosonography performed on the patient made us suspect the presence of an intracavitary vascular lesion which was confirmed histologically after hysterectomy. CONCLUSION: In our case hysterosonography allowed us--by creating optimal contrast between the uterine wall and the uterine cavity--to suspect and identify the lesion and to recognize the typical ultrasound findings of this pathology not visualized with standard transvaginal ultrasound.
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