Unicornuate uterus with non-communicating rudimentary horn mimicking acute abdomen in an adolescent

Volume: 56 Number: 1 March 1, 2017
  • Özlem Dural
  • Cenk Yaşa
  • Funda Güngör Uğurlucan
  • Ercan Baştu
  • Samet Topuz
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Unicornuate uterus with non-communicating rudimentary horn mimicking acute abdomen in an adolescent

Abstract

Unicornuate uterus with a rudimentary horn is the rarest anomaly of the Müllerian system, causing many gynecologic and obstetrical complications and symptoms such as abnormal bleeding, severe dysmenorrhea, and pain. We aimed to report a case of a 17-year-old adolescent presenting with acute abdomen and diagnosed with non-communicating functional rudimentary horn during emergency minilaparotomy and treated afterwards.

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Turkish

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Özlem Dural

Cenk Yaşa

Funda Güngör Uğurlucan

Ercan Baştu

Samet Topuz

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March 1, 2017

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March 1, 2017

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Year 2017 Volume: 56 Number: 1

Vancouver
1.Özlem Dural, Cenk Yaşa, Funda Güngör Uğurlucan, Ercan Baştu, Samet Topuz. Adolesanda akut batın tablosunu taklit eden non-komunikan rudimenter horn ile birlikte uterus unikornis. EJM. 2017 Mar. 1;56(1):46-8. doi:10.19161/etd.344300

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