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Figure 10.  Ovarian dysfunction. Gadolinium-enhanced 3D maximum-intensity-projection T1-weighted VIBE MR image (4.5/1.9, 15° flip angle) clearly depicts dilated bilateral ovarian arterial collateral vessels (arrows). The presence of ovarian arterial collateral vessels to the uterus in patients with uterine fibroids may increase the risk for both premature menopause by means of inadvertent ovarian embolization-infarction and fibroid regrowth after UAE. (Reprinted, with permission, from reference 18.)