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A Case Report and Review of Pregnancies in Rudimentary Noncommunicating Uterine Horns
Author(s) -
McCarthy Elizabeth
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.734
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1479-828X
pISSN - 0004-8666
DOI - 10.1111/j.1479-828x.1999.tb03369.x
Subject(s) - medicine , pregnancy , unicornuate uterus , thriving , uterine horns , french horn , optimism , gynecology , obstetrics , psychology , uterus , pedagogy , genetics , biology , social psychology , psychotherapist
Summary A liveborn and subsequently thriving child was delivered abdominally from a pregnancy in a rudimentary noncommunicating uterine horn. This is the 13th English language report of neonatal survival from such an unusual and life‐threatening situation. The case presents some‘clues’in the history and a review of the literature suggests that the previously reported bleak outlook for these pregnancies can now be tempered with cautious optimism. Ultrasound diagnosis of Müllerian abnormalities during pregnancy remains difficult but has been reported in several other cases in the literature and may become more common in the future.