PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Sieunarine, K.
AU  - Lawton, F.
AU  - Smith, J. R.
TI  - Chronic pelvic pain: a rare complication following a large-loop excision of the transformation zone
AID  - 10.1136/ijgc-00009577-200603000-00025
DP  - 2006 Mar 01
TA  - International Journal of Gynecologic Cancer
PG  - 620--622
VI  - 16
IP  - 2
4099  - http://ijgc.bmj.com/content/16/2/620.short
4100  - http://ijgc.bmj.com/content/16/2/620.full
SO  - Int J Gynecol Cancer2006 Mar 01; 16
AB  - This is the unique report of a patient with deep-seated, left-sided pelvic pain following a large-loop excision of the transformation zone (LLETZ) for cervical intraepithelial neoplasia III. She transpired to have a definite diagnosis of pelvic varicosities which were only on the left side. Our surmise was that the varicosities had risen on the back of an arteriovenous malformation following her LLETZ performed by a colleague. The first attempted treatment was radiologic embolization. When this failed, she had a formal surgical procedure, and the left unilateral varicosities were ligated. Her pain ceased entirely thereafter, and she remained pain free at her 1-year review.