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NEW ORLEANS, Apr 05, 2005 (United Press International via COMTEX) -- A Utah radiologist says 16 percent of women with varicose leg veins simultaneously had ovarian varicose veins, often a source of chronic pelvic pain.
Carl Black, in a paper presented Tuesday at a meeting of the Society of Interventional Radiology, said of 160 female patients evaluated for lower extremity venous reflux, also known as varicose veins, 16 percent also presented with symptoms and findings of pelvic congestion syndrome -- a cause of chronic pelvic pain.
Of these, 92 percent were found to have venous reflux in the ovarian veins, for which embolization was performed. Sixty-three percent reported relief or significant reduction in pain in both the pelvis and the lower extremities following embolization alone, while 91 percent reported satisfaction following subsequent comprehensive treatment of any remaining sources of lower extremity venous reflux.
Pelvic congestion syndrome is a result of varicose veins in the pelvis, similar to varicose veins in the legs, he said.
Copyright 2005 by United Press International.
