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Case Reports
. 2011 Dec 1:2011:bcr0320113972.
doi: 10.1136/bcr.03.2011.3972.

Coiling of a vulvar arterio-venous malformation

Daisy Adriana Annejan Van der Woude  1 , Marjan Stegeman, Jan L Seelen
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Case Reports

Coiling of a vulvar arterio-venous malformation

Daisy Adriana Annejan Van der Woude et al. BMJ Case Rep. .

Abstract

The authors report the case of a 13-year-old girl with a painful vulvar swelling and abnormal vaginal bleeding, increasing in size after trauma. With MRI (GE Signa HDx 1.5 Tesla), it is diagnosed as an arterio-venous malformation arising from the left superior femoral artery. It is treated by embolisation using a coil.

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Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1
MRI arterio-venous malformation of the left labium major.
Figure 2
Figure 2
Angiogram before coiling.
Figure 3
Figure 3
Angiogram after coiling.
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