Laparoscopic hemi-hysterectomy in treatment of a didelphic uterus with a hypoplastic cervix and obstructed hemi-vagina.

Abstract

OBJECTIVE:

Maldevelopment of the Müllerian duct system may result in various urogenital anomalies including didelphic uterus with a hypoplastic cervix and obstructed hemi-vagina.

CASE REPORT:

We report a patient with this anomaly who was treated by laparoscopic hemi-hysterectomy and hysteroscopic resection of hemi-vagina. A 16-year-old patient who had complained of vaginal pus-like discharge on and off for 1 year was diagnosed by MRI to have a double uterus with obstructed right hemi-vagina and ipsilateral renal agenesis. After hysteroscopic identification of hypoplasia of the right uterine cervix, laparoscopic resection of the right uterus and right fallopian tube and hysteroscopic assisted resection of the vaginal septa were performed successfully.

CONCLUSION:

We think that combined laparoscopy and hysteroscopy may be an effective alternative in the management and diagnosis of Mullerian anomalies.

• Authors: K Boudhraa, A Barbarino, Mohamed Faouzi Gara
• Journal: La Tunisie medicale (Tunis Med) Vol. 86 Issue 11 Pg. 1008-10 (Nov 2008) ISSN: 0041-4131 [Print] Tunisia
• PMID: 19213495 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)

Topics

• Adolescent
• Cervix Uteri (abnormalities, surgery)
• Fallopian Tubes (surgery)
• Female
• Humans
• Hysterectomy (methods)
• Hysteroscopy
• Laparoscopy
• Treatment Outcome
• Uterus (abnormalities, surgery)
• Vagina (abnormalities, surgery)