Transient buttock pain after uterine artery embolisation for the management of fibroids

Uterine artery embolisation (UAE) is becoming increasingly popular as a treatment for symptomatic fibroids. We present a series of three patients out of a total of 333 cases who developed bilateral transient buttock pain after UAE. The features of this pain suggest that it is not due to misembolisation, but to referred pain from the infarcted fibroids and the ensuing inflammatory response.