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Elizabeth L Taylor1, Peter F McComb1
1Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver BC.
Background:
Retrograde menstruation is thought to initiate and potentiate endometriosis in women with non-communicating uterine anomalies. The effect of removing a non-communicating uterine horn on the persistence or recurrence of endometriosis is unknown.
Case:
A 29-year-old woman with a non-communicating uterine horn and endometriosis underwent surgical removal of the non-communicating horn with cautery of the endometriosis. A laparoscopy done two years later showed endometriosis similar in stage to that found at the initial procedure.
Conclusion:
Removal of a non-communicating uterine horn in a woman with endometriosis did not reduce the risk of persistence or recurrence of the disease.
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