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Bicornuate uterus and pregnancy: ambiguity diagnosis (a case report)

The frequency of uterine malformations is estimated in the general population to be between 1 and 4%. The bicornuate uterus accounts for about half of uterine abnormalities. The conception of a pregnancy and its evolution to term on this uterine abnormality is rare. During pregnancy, this malformati...

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Autores principales: Diaouga, Hamidou Soumana, Laurent, Houegbelo Lazare, Yacouba, Maimouna Chaibou, Mamane, Fougou Laouane Ari, Rahamatou, Madeleine Garba, Idi, Nafiou, Nayama, Madi
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The African Field Epidemiology Network 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10024561/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36942142
http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2022.43.203.32905
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author Diaouga, Hamidou Soumana
Laurent, Houegbelo Lazare
Yacouba, Maimouna Chaibou
Mamane, Fougou Laouane Ari
Rahamatou, Madeleine Garba
Idi, Nafiou
Nayama, Madi
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Laurent, Houegbelo Lazare
Yacouba, Maimouna Chaibou
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description The frequency of uterine malformations is estimated in the general population to be between 1 and 4%. The bicornuate uterus accounts for about half of uterine abnormalities. The conception of a pregnancy and its evolution to term on this uterine abnormality is rare. During pregnancy, this malformation is asymptomatic and may go unnoticed in the absence of prenatal care. Ultrasound is essential for the diagnosis, which is often difficult in an environment of socio-economic precariousness and low technical facilities. We present the diagnostic difficulties, the therapeutic aspects and the obstetric prognosis of an unusual case of a unicervical bicornuate uterus revealed during a laparotomy which is both exploratory and diagnostic. Treatment consisted of close monitoring until 38 weeks when the patient underwent a scheduled cesarean section.
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spelling pubmed-100245612023-03-19 Bicornuate uterus and pregnancy: ambiguity diagnosis (a case report) Diaouga, Hamidou Soumana Laurent, Houegbelo Lazare Yacouba, Maimouna Chaibou Mamane, Fougou Laouane Ari Rahamatou, Madeleine Garba Idi, Nafiou Nayama, Madi Pan Afr Med J Case Report The frequency of uterine malformations is estimated in the general population to be between 1 and 4%. The bicornuate uterus accounts for about half of uterine abnormalities. The conception of a pregnancy and its evolution to term on this uterine abnormality is rare. During pregnancy, this malformation is asymptomatic and may go unnoticed in the absence of prenatal care. Ultrasound is essential for the diagnosis, which is often difficult in an environment of socio-economic precariousness and low technical facilities. We present the diagnostic difficulties, the therapeutic aspects and the obstetric prognosis of an unusual case of a unicervical bicornuate uterus revealed during a laparotomy which is both exploratory and diagnostic. Treatment consisted of close monitoring until 38 weeks when the patient underwent a scheduled cesarean section. The African Field Epidemiology Network 2022-12-23 /pmc/articles/PMC10024561/ /pubmed/36942142 http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2022.43.203.32905 Text en Copyright: Hamidou Soumana Diaouga et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/The Pan African Medical Journal (ISSN: 1937-8688). This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution International 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Diaouga, Hamidou Soumana
Laurent, Houegbelo Lazare
Yacouba, Maimouna Chaibou
Mamane, Fougou Laouane Ari
Rahamatou, Madeleine Garba
Idi, Nafiou
Nayama, Madi
Bicornuate uterus and pregnancy: ambiguity diagnosis (a case report)
title Bicornuate uterus and pregnancy: ambiguity diagnosis (a case report)
title_full Bicornuate uterus and pregnancy: ambiguity diagnosis (a case report)
title_fullStr Bicornuate uterus and pregnancy: ambiguity diagnosis (a case report)
title_full_unstemmed Bicornuate uterus and pregnancy: ambiguity diagnosis (a case report)
title_short Bicornuate uterus and pregnancy: ambiguity diagnosis (a case report)
title_sort bicornuate uterus and pregnancy: ambiguity diagnosis (a case report)
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10024561/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36942142
http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2022.43.203.32905
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