Uterus Didelphys: Report of a Puerperal Torsion and a Review of the Literature

Lucio M. A. Cipullo; Slobodan Milosavljevic; Elisabeth D. van Oudgaarden

doi:10.1155/2012/190167

Case Reports in Obstetrics and Gynecology (Jan 2012)

Uterus Didelphys: Report of a Puerperal Torsion and a Review of the Literature

Lucio M. A. Cipullo,
Slobodan Milosavljevic,
Elisabeth D. van Oudgaarden

Affiliations

Lucio M. A. Cipullo: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Slotervaart Medisch Centrum, Louwesweg 6, 1066 EC Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Slobodan Milosavljevic: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Slotervaart Medisch Centrum, Louwesweg 6, 1066 EC Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Elisabeth D. van Oudgaarden: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Slotervaart Medisch Centrum, Louwesweg 6, 1066 EC Amsterdam, The Netherlands

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/2012/190167
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 2012

Abstract

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A 29-year-old Para 2 was admitted to the emergency department with increasing lower abdominal pain. The patient had undergone an uncomplicated elective repeat caesarean section 7 days before being admitted to the emergency department. An emergency laparotomy revealed a uterus didelphys with a torsion of one of the uteri.

Published in Case Reports in Obstetrics and Gynecology

ISSN: 2090-6684 (Print); 2090-6692 (Online)
Publisher: Wiley
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Gynecology and obstetrics
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/7471

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