Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine, Vol 18, Issue 10 711-714, Copyright © 1999 by American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine
Ultrasonographic diagnosis of uterine artery pseudoaneurysm after hysterectomy
J. E. Langer and C. Cope
Department of Radiology, University of Pennsylvania Medical Center, Philadelphia 19104, USA.
The development of an arterial pseudoaneurysm is a rare but reported
complication of pelvic surgery. Typically the lesion is discovered because
the patient has symptoms related to delayed rupture of the pseudoaneurysm,
causing hemorrhage. We report a case in which an uterine artery
pseudoaneurysm was detected 14 days after vaginal hysterectomy by TVUS,
which was performed prior to a transvaginal drainage procedure to treat an
infected pelvic hematoma.