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Unicornuate uterus with rudimentary horn
1Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Nanjing University Medical School, Gu-lou Hospital, China.
Objectives:
To identify the effects of unicornuate uterus with rudimentary horn on reproductive function and analyze the diagnosis and treatment of the condition.
Methods:
The study was based in the gynecological unit of a city based Medical Center in Mainland China. Twenty-two cases of this anomaly were selected from a group of 130 cases of uterine abnormalities and were retrospectively analyzed.
Results:
This kind of anomaly can cause hematometra and endometriosis leading to acute abdominal pain, infertility, rupture of pregnant rudimentary horn and obstetrical complications with pregnant semi-uterus.
Conclusions:
Rudimentary horn should be removed if detected.