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Transvaginal ultrasound image at 34 weeks of gestation shows severely dilated tortuous blood vessels replacing most of the normal cervical tissue (B) power Doppler.
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An ultrasound performed at 34 weeks revealed that the cervical tissue had been replaced with a dilated venous plexus with abundant blood flow (Fig. 1).
Photo during operation.. Note: Arrow head shows cervical varix with active bleeding.
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Some vessels ruptured with resultant active bleeding, which required several hemostatic Z-sutures (Fig. 2).
Transvaginal ultrasound image of the uterus 2 days postpartum (A) and 2 months postpartum (B).
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The size of the cervical varix decreased dramatically post-partum (Fig. 3).