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Subtypes of T-shaped uterus
Luis Alonso Pacheco1, Antonio Simone Laganà2, Fabio Ghezzi2
1Unidad de Endoscopia Ginecológica, Centro Gutenberg, Hospital Xanit International, Málaga, Spain.
Objective:
To present three different subtypes of T-shaped uterus with the use of three-dimensional (3D) ultrasound imaging and hysteroscopy.
Design:
Video article.
Setting:
Fertility center.
Patient(S):
Three cases showing the different subtypes of T-shaped uterus.
Intervention(S):
3D ultrasound imaging and hysteroscopy.
Main Outcome Measure(S):
Distance between the interostial line and external uterine profile at the midcoronal plane of the uterus obtained with the use of transvaginal 3D ultrasound; delineation of the external uterine contour and the length of any existing internal indentation (defined as the distance between the interostial line and the indentation's edge at the cavity).
Result(S):
It is possible to identify three different subtypes of T-shaped uterus: the most common type of T-shaped uterus, with thick lateral walls and normal fundus (without septum or subseptum appereance) and interostial distance; the Y-shaped uterus, with thick lateral walls, fundal septum or subseptum, and reduced interostial distance; and the I-shaped uterus, with very thick lateral walls (even above the isthmus) and severe reduction of the interostial distance (tubular appearance of the whole uterus).
Conclusion(S):
We solicit to investigate the occurrence of different T-shaped uterus subtypes in large cohorts, to evaluate whether they may have different reproductive outcomes and whether they may need different approaches for surgical correction through hysteroscopic metroplasty.
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