Ruma Sen Gupta¹* and Shahana Shermin²

¹Assistant Professor, Gynecology and Obstetrics BIRDEM Hospital and Ibrahim Medical College, Bangladesh
²SMO, Gynecology and Obstetrics, BIRDEM Hospital, Bangladesh

*Corresponding Author: Ruma Sen Gupta, Assistant Professor, Gynecology and Obstetrics BIRDEM Hospital and Ibrahim Medical College, Bangladesh.

Received: August 23, 2021; Published: September 20, 2021

Abstract

  Mullerian anomalies occur at a very early stage when the embryo is 6 weeks. This Mullerian anomalies are classified by the American Society of Reproductive Medicine (ASRM). The unicornuate uterus affects 6.3 percent of women. This type of anomaly is linked to endometriosis through retrograde menstruation, as well as renal problems. Patients with hematometra in the rudimentary horn or hematosalpinx commonly appear with progressive dysmenorrhoea. Ectopic pregnancies and recurrent abortions are also more common in these people. MRI and 3D sonography are able to achieve comparable results for diagnosis. The gold standard for diagnosing Mullerian abnormalities is laparoscopy. To avoid tubal pregnancy, the fallopian tube on the side of the rudimentary horn must be removed. As the ipsilateral ureter is closer to the uterus, there is higher risk of injury to the ureter during removal of rudimentary horn.

Keywords: Unicornuate Uterus; Mullerian Abnormalities; Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)

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Citation

Citation: Ruma Sen Gupta and Shahana Shermin. “A Successful Pregnancy Outcome in Unicornuate Uterus with Rudimentary Horn”. Acta Scientific Women's Health 3.11 (2021): 24-26.

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Copyright: © 2021 Ruma Sen Gupta and Shahana Shermin. 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.