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

Table 2

Author(s) and time of report (year)	Postprocedure time of imaging (weeks)	Sonographic imaging findings	CT imaging findings
Kitamura et al. (2005) [3]	1.5		Increased volume of gas within both infarcted fibroid and surrounding myometrium compared with prior CT scans
Abulafia et al. (2010) [4]	1	Poorly defined mass containing air	15 × 15-cm mass distended with pockets of gas
Shukla et al. (2012) [5]	2		Enlarged mottled-appearing uterus with air in endometrial cavity. No free fluid in pelvis
Pinto et al. (2012) [6]	8	Posterior/fundal myoma measuring 68 × 56 × 55 mm that had become subserosal and a moderate amount of fluid in the pelvis. No adnexal masses
Rosen et al. (2013) [7]	0.9		Enlarged heterogeneous uterus containing a large amount of myometrial air surrounding multiple enhancing leiomyomas. Myometrial air extended from the lower uterine segment to the fundus
Current	1.5		Multiple globular foci of air in multiple necrotic leiomyoma