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Accessory cervix: An unusual congenital malformation
Author(s) -
Qualiarello John,
Porges Robert,
Weiss Gerson
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
international journal of gynecology and obstetrics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.895
H-Index - 97
eISSN - 1879-3479
pISSN - 0020-7292
DOI - 10.1016/0020-7292(81)90022-9
Subject(s) - cervix , vagina , medicine , anatomy , genitourinary system , gynecology , cancer
A woman with a septate vagina and two cervices was observed. One of the cervices ended blindly. The other cervix communicated with a normal corpus and two normally positioned patent fallopian tubes. Two explanations for the origin of this accessory cervix are offered: (1) that it originated from a fusion failure of the lower portions of the müllerian ducts, and (2) that it arose from the urogenital sinus.