Congenital Arteriovenous Malformations of The Uterus

Abstract

Arteriovenous malformation (AVM) of the uterus is a rare gynaecological disorder.(1-5) There have been less than 100 cases reported in the literatures. It may be either congenital or acquired disorder (1,2,6,7) The most common presentation is vaginal bleeding.(1,2,4-6,8) Common ages were between 20-40 years old, (4) but the youngest case was a stillborn with 34 weeks of gestation.(9) Herein we report a congenital arterio venous malformation in a seven month old infant presenting with severe vaginal bleeding. The case was seen and treated in the year 1989, when there was less advanced equipment comparing to current medical practice.