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

Table 1

Author(s) and time of report (year)	Patient age (years)	Prior pelvic infection	Start of symptoms after UAE (PPD #)	Embolic material used	Bacterial organism(s)	Treatment (+ intravenous antibiotics)
Kitamura et al. (2005) [3]	Not reported	Not reported	10	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Abulafia et al. (2010) [4]	48	Not reported	7	Not reported	Escherichia coli	Hysterectomy
Shukla et al. (2012) [5]	65	Not reported	14	500–700-μm microspheres	Enterococcus faecalis	Hysterectomy and bilateral salpingooophorectomy
Pinto et al. (2012) [6]	36	Not reported	56	Not reported	Propionibacterium acnes	Laparoscopic drainage and lavage
Rosen et al. (2013) [7]	47	Trichomonas vaginalis	6	Not reported	Staphylococcus aureus, Prevotella melaninogenica	Hysterectomy and bilateral salpingooophorectomy
Current	37	None	6	500–900-μm microspheres	No growth after 1 week	Hysterectomy and bilateral salpingooophorectomy