A Bicornuate Uterus With a Unilateral Cornual Adenomyosis
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This case study describes unilateral adenomyosis in the left uterine horn of a bicornuate uterus, supporting theories that pregnancy or acquired factors may contribute to adenomyosis development.
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BACKGROUND: Few reports have described adenomyosis in association with congenital uterine abnormalities. The authors present a case involving unilateral adenomyosis in a bicornuate uterus. CASE: A 41-year-old married gravida 1, para 1, first became aware that she had a double uterus 14 years earlier at her first prenatal examination when the gestation was identified in the left uterine cavity because of intractable dysmenorrhea. The patient underwent laparoscopically assisted vaginal hysterectomy. Pathological examination confirmed that adenomyosis had affected only the left uterine myometrium. CONCLUSION: The right uterine cornua of a bicornuate uterus served as the control after a pregnancy in the left cornua. The subsequent development of adenomyosis in the left cornua lends weight to theories that suggest pregnancy or other acquired factors may be involved in the pathogenesis and development of adenomyosis.
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- Concurrent Diagnosis of Adenomyosis and Congenital Uterine Anomalies: A Review 2023
- Rudimentary Horn Adenomyosis in A 20-Year-Old Patient With Unicornuate Uterus: A Case Report 2022
- Adenomyosis and endometriosis. Re-visiting their association and further insights into the mechanisms of auto-traumatisation. An MRI study 2014
- Adenomyosis and ‘endometrial– subendometrial myometrium unit disruption disease’ are two different entities 2008
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