Imaging diagnosis of uterus duplication combined with renal dysplasia / 中国医学影像技术

Objective To observe imaging features of uterus duplication combined with mesonephric duct dysplasia related abnormalities.Methods Imaging data of 17 female with uterus duplication and renal dysplasia were retrospectively analyzed.Seven patients underwent CT and 10 patients underwent MR scanning.Results The basic abnormalities in 17 patients were uterus duplication combined with unilateral renal-ureter dysplasia with/without other associated malformation which were further classified as follows:①7 patients presented as basic abnormalities without other associated malformations,include 5 (CT diagnosed 1,MR diagnosed 4) with uterus duplex and unilateral renal-ureter agenesis,2 (CT 1,MR 1) with uterus bifidus and unilateral renal-ureter dysplasia;②2 patients (CT 1,MR 1) presented as basic abnormalities accompanied with ectopic ureter orifice,uterus duplex and unilateral renal dysplasia with ectopic ureter orifice opening in vagina;③5 patients (CT 3,MR 2) of Herlyn-Werner-Wunderlich syndrome presented as uterus duplication,oblique vagina septum as well as unilateral renal-ureter dysplasia,which shown as uterus duplex,oblique vaginal septum with hematocolpos,also unilateral renal-ureter agenesis;④2 patients presented as basic abnormalities accompanied with mesonephric residual cyst,CT showed one with uterus duplex and unilateral renal-ureter agenesis with ipsilateral mesonephric residual cyst,MRI showed as the other one with Herlyn-Werner-Wunderlich syndrome combined with mesonephric residual cyst opening in vagina;⑤MRI showed 1 patient with basic abnormalities and a nephrogenic adenoma,which demonstrated as uterus duplex combined with left renal-ureter agenesis,and a tumor on the left wall of bladder accompanied with endometriosis.Conclusion Further classification into 5 types from simple to complex based on uterus duplication combined with unilateral renal-ureter dysplasia with/without other associated malformations is helpful to the diagnosis and treatment of these abnormalities.

Diagnóstico ecográfico de embarazo en útero doble / Ultrasound Diagnosis of Pregnancy in Double Uterus

El útero doble es una malformación congénita, resultado de un desarrollo anormal de los conductos müllerianos durante la embriogénesis, presentándose de manera asintomática en la mayoría de las pacientes, aunque se puede asociar a trastornos de fertilidad y complicaciones obstétricas en la etapa reproductiva, tales como amenaza de aborto y abortos, parto pretérmino, anomalías de posición fetal y otras. Se presenta el caso de una paciente que acude al cuerpo de guardia de ginecología refiriendo dolor en hipogastrio de 6 h de evolución acompañado de sangramiento genital con falta de menstruación de 9 a 10 semanas, en la que el examen clínico hace sospechar una amenaza de aborto con mioma uterino; pero, al realizar ecografía ginecológica abdominal, se constata la presencia de dos úteros, uno de estos con embarazo normal de 11 semanas.

Double uterus is a congenital malformation resulting from abnormal development of Mullerian ducts during embryogenesis. It is asymptomatic in most patients, although it may be associated with fertility disorders and reproductive obstetric complications such as abortion and abortion threat, preterm delivery, fetal stage position anomalies, and others. It is presented here the case of a patient who comes to gynecological emergency referring pain in lower abdomen for 6 hours and genital bleeding with lack of menstruation for 9-10 weeks. Clinical examination raises suspicion of abortion threatening with uterine fibroids; but, when performing gynecological abdominal ultrasound, the presence of two uteri is observed, one of these with normal pregnancy of 11 weeks.

A Case of Successful Unilateral Singleton Pregnancy in Incidentally Detected Uterine Didelphys.

Uterine didelphys or duplication of uterus is a rare congenital anomaly, which constitutes approximately 5% of mullerian duct anomalies. There is failure of the fusion of mullerian ducts resulting in the duplication of uterus and cervix. We report a case of uterine didelphys, which was incidentally detected in a 23 years old G2P1 patient who came for ultrasound with complaints of bleeding per vaginum. MRI was done and uterine didelphys was confirmed. Six months later that patient came again with 6 weeks pregnancy in the right uterine body. We did all antenatal follow up scans in this patient till 36 weeks. Lower segment cesarean section (LSCS) was done at 38 weeks and patient delivered a normal baby of 2.9-kilogram weight.

Two Cases of the Uterine Torsion at Term Pregnancy / 대한산부인과학회지

Torsion of pregnant uterus is defined as rotation of more than 45 degrees about the long axis of the uterus. Double or bicornuate uterine malformation is common cause of uterine torsion in animal group. Torsion of the human pregnant uterus especially at full term, is very rare. The reason for the occurrence of uterine torsion during pregnancy is not known, but abnormal fetal presentations, uterine myoma, and other uterine anomalies are known to be more frequent in patients with uterine torsion; maternal age, parity, and gestational age seem to play no apparent role. Symptoms of torsion of the pregnant uterus include disclosing of the cervix, abdominal tenderness, vaginal bleeding, shock, urinary symptoms and intestinal complaints. As uterine torsion may be fatal to both the fetus and the mother, promptness of the diagnosis and subsequent emergency laparotomy are essential. In this report, the authors present two cases of torsion at full-term pregnant uterus with unilateral renal agenesis, double uterus, and a transverse fetal presentation with a brief review of the literature.

A Case of Endometrial Adenocarcinoma in a Double Uterus / 대한산부인과학회잡지

Endometrial adenocarcinoma in a double uterus has rarely been reported.We had a very rare case of double uterus with endometrial adenocarcinoma involving onehemiuterus and endometrial hyperplasia involving another hemiuterus. By report this case, wewant to share our experiance. The abnomal anatomy of the uterine cavities could have madeadequate biopsy difficult and endometrial cancer is clinically suspected but histology fails toconfirm the diagnosis.