Pregnancy after embolization of an ovarian varicocele associated with infertility: report of two cases.

We describe two cases of left-sided ovarian varicocele in patients with infertility. Pregnancy occurred in both women after successful retrograde venous embolization. Ovarian varicocele may be associated with infertility in some patients.

Ischemic complications of transcatheter arterial chemoembolization in liver malignancies.

Objective: To determine the frequency, character, methods of treatment, and outcome of ischemic complications after transcatheter hepatic artery chemoembolization (TACE).

Material And Methods: Between 1985 and 1998, 827 sessions of TACE with Doxorubicin mixed with iodized oil, and gelatin sponge particles were performed in 282 patients with primary and metastatic liver cancer. Post-TACE monitoring included clinical observation, US and CT.

Pelvic pain syndrome caused by ovarian varices. Treatment by transcatheter embolization.

Purpose: The aim of this study was to evaluate the clinical effect of therapeutic embolization in the pelvic congestion syndrome caused by ovarian varices.

Material And Methods: Six women, aged 25-40 years, with pelvic pain syndrome and marked left (n = 5) or bilateral (n = 1) ovarian varicocele were treated by transcatheter retrograde venous embolization.

Results: The pelvic pain syndrome disappeared in all patients within 4 weeks, and there was regression of the periodic pain in 2 women with dysmenorrhoea.

Intrahepatic spontaneous arterioportal fistula: duplex ultrasound diagnosis and angiographic treatment.

A 54-yr-old male with portal hypertension received ineffective medical therapy for the diagnosis of portal hepatic cirrhosis. Duplex ultrasound (US) revealed pulsatile arterial flow in the right main portal vein. The correct diagnosis of intrahepatic arterioportal fistula was established and confirmed by angiography.