PRESENTATION OF A MULLERIAN ANOMALY WITH OUTFLOW OBSTRUCTION AFTER TUBAL-LIGATION

Citation
K. Robischon et al., PRESENTATION OF A MULLERIAN ANOMALY WITH OUTFLOW OBSTRUCTION AFTER TUBAL-LIGATION, Fertility and sterility, 65(4), 1996, pp. 866-868
Citations number
6
Categorie Soggetti
Obsetric & Gynecology
Journal title
ISSN journal
00150282
Volume
65
Issue
4
Year of publication
1996
Pages
866 - 868
Database
ISI
SICI code
0015-0282(1996)65:4<866:POAMAW>2.0.ZU;2-Z
Abstract
Objective: To report an unusual presentation of a patient with unicorn uate uterus and a noncommunicating functional rudimentary horn and dis cuss related patient management issues. Setting: University hospital. Patient: A 27-year-old woman who presented with cyclic abdominal pain after a postpartum tubal Ligation. Intervention: Diagnostic studies fo llowed by a laparotomy and resection of the rudimentary horn. Results: Resolution of patient's symptoms. Conclusions: Patients with a unicor nuate uterus and a rudimentary horn recognized for the first time duri ng a tubal ligation require individualized management depending in par t on the precise nature of the horn.