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  MRI
of PRE and POST - TREATMENT EMBOLIZATION
an Animated GIF of the changes - Case #2
 
 
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This is a second example of changes in Fibroids post embolization. It is an unusual example of 99.5% reduction of a fibroid uterus with a starting size of 28 wks.

03/03/99: Taken 2 wks before the date of the embolization

04/20/99: Taken 5 weeks after UAE.

12/28/99: Taken 40 weeks after UAE
. The uterine size is now normal!

(Please note, that the maximum size change was probably completed by 25-35wks. The practicality was that the patient was not available for followup until the 40th week.)

    The red arrows demonstrate the normal-sized uterus, while the yellow arrow shows the pre-treatment uterine height.  We would like all UAEs to be this successful (99.5% volume reduction). However, the reality is that the more commonly observed percentage reduction after UAE is 30 - 65%.
 

 

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