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Pyometra and Pregnancy with Herlyn-Werner-Wunderlich Syndrome
Maria Inês Reis1, Ana Patrícia Vicente1, Joana Cominho1
1Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Department of Maternal Fetal Medicine, Hospital Dr. José de Almeida, Lisbon, Portugal.
Abstract:
We describe a Herlyn-Werner-Wunderlich syndrome (HWWS) patient with previous history of infertility who got pregnant without treatment and presented a pyometra in the contralateral uterus throughout the gestational period, despite multiple antibiotic treatments. Due to the uterus' congenital anomaly and the possibility of ascending infection with subsequent abortion, this pregnancy was classified as high-risk. We believe that the partial horizontal septum in the vagina may have contributed to the closure of the gravid uterus cervix, thus ensuring that the pregnancy came to term, with an uneventful vaginal delivery.

