2007
DOI: 10.1007/s10397-006-0269-y
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The non-communicating rudimentary horn: diagnostic and therapeutic challenges

Abstract: We describe the case of a 23-year-old nulligravid woman who complained of increasing post-menstrual lower abdominal pain. She used contraceptives permanently for three months and was referred with a sub-mucosal lesion suspicious for a type 2 fibroid to be resected. During hysteroscopy, no fibroid mass could be confirmed. A postoperatively performed ultrasound including hydrosonography demonstrated a lesion highly suspicious for a uterus unicollis with a non-communicating uterine horn and a haematometra. Laparo… Show more

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“…Rudimentary horn and its liability for ectopic pregnancy has been described in multiple literature studies as being presumably due to intraperitoneal sperm or oocyte migration [11,12] and were associated with higher incidence of abortion or rupture of the horn, especially in the second and third trimesters [13]. Furthermore, considering the fact that hematometra, hematosalpinx, and endometriosis are consequences of retrograde menstruation [14], the rudimentary horn and its connecting fallopian tube were removed during laparoscopy for this patient.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 97%
“…Rudimentary horn and its liability for ectopic pregnancy has been described in multiple literature studies as being presumably due to intraperitoneal sperm or oocyte migration [11,12] and were associated with higher incidence of abortion or rupture of the horn, especially in the second and third trimesters [13]. Furthermore, considering the fact that hematometra, hematosalpinx, and endometriosis are consequences of retrograde menstruation [14], the rudimentary horn and its connecting fallopian tube were removed during laparoscopy for this patient.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 97%