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Patient 3 is a 26 year old woman with numerous fibroids. (Her angiogram looks different from the others because computer enhancement has removed the bony structures and made the x-ray dye black instead of white).
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a) this image shows numerous large
vessels feeding the fibroid.
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b) this image was taken a few seconds
later, and shows a lumpy, nodular appearance to the uterus. Each of
these lumps corresponds to an individual fibroid.
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c) this image shows that embolization is effective in blocking
blood flow, even when multiple fibroids are present. |
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