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A Unique Case of Unicornuate Uterus With a Non-communicating Rudimentary Horn and Hematometra

Congenital uterine anomalies are a rare type of malformation involving female genitalia caused by abnormal development of the Mullerian duct system. Patients having an obstructive type of uterine anomalies are very much likely to develop obstetric and gynecological complications usually at the age o...

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Autores principales: Ladke, Pooja, Ambhore, Ashish N, Dhok, Avinash, Mitra, Kajal, Dalvi, Vrushali
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9842107/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36654571
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.32640
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author Ladke, Pooja
Ambhore, Ashish N
Dhok, Avinash
Mitra, Kajal
Dalvi, Vrushali
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description Congenital uterine anomalies are a rare type of malformation involving female genitalia caused by abnormal development of the Mullerian duct system. Patients having an obstructive type of uterine anomalies are very much likely to develop obstetric and gynecological complications usually at the age of menarche or later in the course of life. In this case report, we present a case of a young female patient having severe dysmenorrhea which is caused by obstructive hematometra in the rudimentary horn which is not communicating with the uterine cavity. Ultrasonography (USG) was used to make a differential diagnosis of a probable congenital abnormality, which was subsequently validated by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), which revealed a uterine cavity having a single cornu on the left side seen to be connecting with the cervix and a dilated rudimentary horn on the right side. The patient underwent the excision of the rudimentary horn laparoscopically. This case emphasizes the importance of identifying patients having anomalies involving the uterus to provide appropriate treatment to the patient and to prevent adverse outcomes for her reproductive potential.
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spelling pubmed-98421072023-01-17 A Unique Case of Unicornuate Uterus With a Non-communicating Rudimentary Horn and Hematometra Ladke, Pooja Ambhore, Ashish N Dhok, Avinash Mitra, Kajal Dalvi, Vrushali Cureus Radiology Congenital uterine anomalies are a rare type of malformation involving female genitalia caused by abnormal development of the Mullerian duct system. Patients having an obstructive type of uterine anomalies are very much likely to develop obstetric and gynecological complications usually at the age of menarche or later in the course of life. In this case report, we present a case of a young female patient having severe dysmenorrhea which is caused by obstructive hematometra in the rudimentary horn which is not communicating with the uterine cavity. Ultrasonography (USG) was used to make a differential diagnosis of a probable congenital abnormality, which was subsequently validated by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), which revealed a uterine cavity having a single cornu on the left side seen to be connecting with the cervix and a dilated rudimentary horn on the right side. The patient underwent the excision of the rudimentary horn laparoscopically. This case emphasizes the importance of identifying patients having anomalies involving the uterus to provide appropriate treatment to the patient and to prevent adverse outcomes for her reproductive potential. Cureus 2022-12-17 /pmc/articles/PMC9842107/ /pubmed/36654571 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.32640 Text en Copyright © 2022, Ladke et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
spellingShingle Radiology
Ladke, Pooja
Ambhore, Ashish N
Dhok, Avinash
Mitra, Kajal
Dalvi, Vrushali
A Unique Case of Unicornuate Uterus With a Non-communicating Rudimentary Horn and Hematometra
title A Unique Case of Unicornuate Uterus With a Non-communicating Rudimentary Horn and Hematometra
title_full A Unique Case of Unicornuate Uterus With a Non-communicating Rudimentary Horn and Hematometra
title_fullStr A Unique Case of Unicornuate Uterus With a Non-communicating Rudimentary Horn and Hematometra
title_full_unstemmed A Unique Case of Unicornuate Uterus With a Non-communicating Rudimentary Horn and Hematometra
title_short A Unique Case of Unicornuate Uterus With a Non-communicating Rudimentary Horn and Hematometra
title_sort unique case of unicornuate uterus with a non-communicating rudimentary horn and hematometra
topic Radiology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9842107/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36654571
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.32640
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