The relation between pelvic varicose veins, chronic pelvic pain and lower extremity venous insufficiency in women.

The relation between pelvic varicose veins and lower extremity venous insufficiency in women with chronic pelvic pain.

PURPOSE To determine the relation between pelvic varicose veins and lower extremity venous insufficiency in women with chronic pelvic pain. METHODS AND MATERIALS This study was done in Yuzuncu Yil University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Radiology, with patients who were referred for abdominal and pelvic imaging between January 2007 and April 2008. A total of 1029 women with pelvic imagi...

The relation between pelvic venous dilatation and lower extremity venous insufficiency in women with chronic pelvic pain

[Pelvic congestion syndrome: outcome after embolization with coils].

OBJECTIVE To study the clinical manifestations and findings at venography in patients with pelvic congestion syndrome and to evaluate the outcome after percutaneous embolization using coils. MATERIALS AND METHODS We studied 34 women referred to the vascular radiology unit from the vascular surgery department for clinical suspicion of pelvic congestion syndrome. All patients underwent venograp...

Suprapubic varicose vein formation during pregnancy following pre-pregnancy pelvic vein embolisation with coils, without any residual pelvic venous reflux or obstruction

Suprapubic varicose veins are usually indicative of unilateral iliac vein occlusion and venous collateralisation. We report two cases of suprapubic varicose veins following pelvic vein embolisation and subsequent pregnancy; both presented without residual pelvic venous reflux or pelvic venous obstruction. In both cases, there was no significant flow in the suprapubic veins indicating that they ...

Time-Resolved MR Angiography in the Detection of Ovarian Venous Reflux

Introduction Chronic pelvic pain is a common health problem among women that is characterized by non-cyclic pelvic pain for more than 6 months in duration. It has been reported that as many as 39.1% of women had chronic pelvic pain at some time their liver. Pelvic congestion syndrome is defined as chronic pelvic pain caused by incompetent ovarian veins, which associated venous reflux and venous...