A Case of Pyomyoma following Uterine Fibroid Embolization and a Review of the Literature

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Left (a) and right (b) uterine and (c) right ovarian arteriographic images. (a) Enlarged left uterine artery supplying more than half of the enlarged uterus, with no discrete differentiation of the numerous hypervascular myomas. (b) Enlarged right uterine artery, with similar findings, albeit in a smaller degree, of the left side. (c) Following UAE, tortuous and enlarged right ovarian artery shows continuity with a superolateral branch of the right uterine artery, via a prominent uteroovarian anastomotic arterial branch (black arrow). Not embolized, this ovarian artery maintains some intrauterine flow following fibroid embolization.

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