Pelvic Abscess Complicating Embolic Therapy for Control of Bleeding Cervical Carcinoma and Simultaneous Radiation Therapy
- 1 March 1980
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Obstetrics & Gynecology
- Vol. 55 (Supplement) , 76S-78S
- https://doi.org/10.1097/00006250-198003001-00024
Abstract
Embolization therapy for control of bleeding has an important therapeutic role in gynecologic malignancies. This is the first report of a pelvic abscess as a sequela of embolic treatment for bleeding cervical cancer in a patient simultaneously receiving radiotherapy. Other complications of transcatheter embolizationare reviewed. Methods of preventing complications when embolization and radiation are combined are discussed.Keywords
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