Percutaneous transluminal endovascular graft placement for massive hemorrhage caused by recurrent cervical carcinoma-associated erosion of the external iliac artery

O Abulafia; S J Sclafani; K Holcomb; E J Gates; D M Sherer

doi:10.1016/s0002-9378(98)70452-1

Percutaneous transluminal endovascular graft placement for massive hemorrhage caused by recurrent cervical carcinoma-associated erosion of the external iliac artery

Am J Obstet Gynecol. 1998 Mar;178(3):618-20. doi: 10.1016/s0002-9378(98)70452-1.

Authors

O Abulafia¹, S J Sclafani, K Holcomb, E J Gates, D M Sherer

Affiliation

¹ Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kings County Hospital, State University of New York at Brooklyn, 11203, USA.

PMID: 9539539
DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9378(98)70452-1

Abstract

Massive hemorrhage and shock resulting from inoperable recurrent cervical carcinoma-associated erosion of the left external iliac artery was treated with percutaneous transluminal placement of an endovascular graft with immediate hemostasis and maintenance of lower-extremity perfusion.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation / methods*
Female
Hemorrhage / diagnostic imaging
Hemorrhage / etiology*
Hemorrhage / therapy*
Humans
Iliac Artery* / diagnostic imaging
Iliac Artery* / pathology
Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / complications*
Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / pathology
Radiography
Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / complications*
Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / pathology